187 Results from 2011, /security
Steve Dance Managing Partner at RiskCentric
A short trip around the Finextra website can clearly demonstrate that there's no shortage of potential solutions to support the risk identification and management process. There's systems, tools and advice available in spades. So why, with all of this help available, do crises occur? I'm convinced that it's attitude, not the lack of systems, tha...
25 January 2011 /security /regulation
Retired Member
Ever been a victim of card fraud? If you haven’t than you are perhaps luckier than you think you are, or you are already taking steps to protect your valuable financial information. According to our latest CPP research, 28% of adults have now been a victim of card fraud in the UK. When you do the maths this means that over 13 million people have be...
24 January 2011 /security Information Security
Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
The AP reports “WikiLeaks’ release of secret government communications should serve as a warning to the nation’s biggest companies: You’re next.” According to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse’s Chronology of Data Breaches, more than 500 million sensitive records have been breached in the past five years. The Chronology of Data breaches lists spec...
22 January 2011 /security /regulation
Next generation Trojan and malware programs continue to get more sophisticated and can wreak financial and personal havoc for everyone from consumers to small to large businesses. Just last night I spent over an hour on the phone with my computer protection software provider watching them perform forensics on my home pc. Turns out that a Trojan ha...
21 January 2011 /security /payments
Angus Stewart CEO at www.e-solutions.uk.com
So, it’s official: employee fraud is marching north yet again! But is this crime one we’ll ever get to grips with? Listening to Richard Hurley of CIFAS on BBC Radio 4 the other day, I was left in no doubts as to the answer. It was resounding ‘no’. CIFAS will be unveiling their insider fraud figures for 2010 in the next few days, and they will reco
14 January 2011 /security /regulation
Uri Rivner CEO and Co-Founder at Refine Intelligence
The holidays are over and it’s time for the second file plucked from the ZeusiLeaks Archives! If you missed the first one, it’s here. Quick reminder: WikiLeaks, the largest leak of data the world has seen? Nonsense! Trojans like Zeus lurk on millions of personal, corporate and government PCs, stealing data 24 by 7. Everything you do online – eith...
11 January 2011 /security Innovation in Financial Services
Ever apply for insurance of any kind? There is always a litany of paperwork and the process is always frustrating and somewhat demeaning. Insurer’s applications feel invasive and ask questions that require information that you may not even tell your mom. What’s worse is they have to be given to another person who you often do not know. What’s even ...
05 January 2011 /security /regulation
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