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Scott Cutler

Director,

Fortinet

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09 Aug 2018

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Three’s a crowd: why third-party vendors are both an opportunity and a threat

From social media apps to exercise tracking and online shopping, today consumers are producing data at an unprecedented rate and businesses of every type are under pressure to ensure the safety of that data and maintain customer trust. But there are few types of data more sensitive than financial information – which means businesses in the financi...

18 December 2019 /security Information Security

More than the sum of parts: why collaboration is key to security in financial services

From “The Italian Job” to “Point Break”, “Bonnie and Clyde” to “Baby Driver”, many of the most popular heist movies are about bank robberies. As it is in fiction, so it is in fact; when bank robberies happen, they are the source of interest, intrigue and impact. And as the majority of the world’s financial information lives and moves online, moder...

14 November 2019 /security Information Security

FS organisations require a more sophisticated level of threat protection, here’s why

The financial services industry continues to be a prime target for cyber criminals. The opportunities available to steal payment card data, online banking accounts, compromise ATM machines using ransomware, cryptomining, and other malware, is simply too tempting. And the rate and sophistication of attacks is only getting more difficult to manage a...

10 September 2019 /security /regulation Information Security

The Cyberthreat Trends the Financial Sector Needs to Follow

By Scott Cutler, Director, Sales - UK&I MAM at Fortinet For cybercriminals, a successful cyberattack has the potential to bring significant financial gain. Capitalising on the theft of information, whether credit card or banking data or the selling of personally identifiable information (PII) on the dark web, ultimately involves exploiting

30 January 2019 /security Financial Risk Management