4231 Results from /regulation
Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
I have a very weird job. I explore aspects of society that people read about but would never consider exploring themselves. I go places where others may be led to because they didn’t know any better. And I like too expose the flaws in the system that make us vulnerable. Much of my “research” or “antics” as some would call it is prompted by my desi...
03 February 2010 /security /regulation
Retired Member
2009 was the year when risk management was thrust firmly onto the agenda for global banks and lenders. Looking forward to 2010, many banks are likely to be shifting their priorities in preparation for regulatory changes and the economic recovery. Looking ahead over the next months, actions that have an immediate effect on financial institutions’ bo...
02 February 2010 /regulation /retail
A recent FTfm article reminds me of how the shift of power between funds and investors has turned the reporting function into an ice cream shop – any flavour, any size, whenever the customer wants. But what if your customers like their toppings instead of yours? I’m talking about the client’s own data. Many investors want to add their own data int...
28 January 2010 /regulation Data Management 101
Elizabeth Lumley Global FinTech Commentator at Girl, Disrupted
When the, then, chairman of JP Morgan ask his risk department to "give me a daily report on our risk exposure" in the late 80s, little did he know that the bank would be responsbile for changing the way risk is measured and preceived across the industry. JP Morgan's RiskMetrics introduced Value-at-Risk, historical simulation, variance and...
27 January 2010 /regulation
For $400-$700 you too can be a criminal hacker. Phishing hacking and spoofing software has been around for a few years. Heres what may be an example. The ease and availability of this good for nothing other than crime software has made it easier, cheaper and more user friendly than ever to get into the cybercrime business. Anyone with moderate com...
26 January 2010 /security /regulation
After my latest posts about risk management (identity management basics and getting the best out of your data) I was asked a great question I think about every day: it's great to have a methodology and a strategy, but how do you get other people in the organization (whether inside or outside of the risk management group) to agree and work with yo...
25 January 2010 /payments /regulation
In my quest to learn more about what makes a criminal hacker tick, I came across Mr Chiesa when he commented on a blog post I wrote “How I Wasted 4 Hours with a Criminal Hacker”. He warned me I was treading on dangerous ground due to the fact that when communicating with the blackhat, I used my real name and provided my web address. His concern wa...
25 January 2010 /security /regulation
In the previous post we've looked at mobile payments in a glance, why there's a huge chance today and what are the biggest challenges. In this post I will start diving deeper into them, and suggest a few ideas. There's a group of very talented guys I know, who used to work at this IT Company in Israel that was a part of the mobile industry. They ...
25 January 2010 /payments /regulation Innovation in Financial Services
Advancements in technology over the past decade have created a tremendous amount of opportunity for the savvy businessperson. Whether it’s mobility, streamlined processes, marketing, or the ability to sell to a global market, there’s never been a better time to be in business. Like anything good, there is always a negative. While there are certain...
23 January 2010 /security /regulation
Stephen Wilson Managing Director at Lockstep Consulting
Reports of the death of privacy abound, but they're premature. There are certainly those who, on the sly, would seek its demise, for privacy tends to get in their way. Like politicians on a post 9-11 national security bender, or Internet entrepreneurs who seek to monetise their eye-in-the-sky knowledge of their customers' habits. They're all tryi
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