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The future of payments: Perfecting payments protection

Hamish Monk Reporter at Finextra

The future of payments: Perfecting payments protection

With merchants leaning on card-not-present payments during the pandemic, and consumers themselves further embracing online banking, new opportunities have been created for financial criminals to exploit weaknesses in the digital payments system, and defraud people out of their hard-earned cash. Therefore, financial institutions are adjusting their...

23 June 2021 /security

The AI-Powered Cybersecurity Arms Race and its Perils

Eyal Balicer Senior Vice President, Global Cyber Partnerships at Citi

The AI-Powered Cybersecurity Arms Race and its Perils

The advancement in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) is still one of the most important technological achievements in recent history. The prominence and prevalence of machine learning and deep learning algorithms of all types, being able to unearth and infer valuable conclusions about the world surrounding us without being explicitly progr...

12 November 2020 /security

Risk Appetite: How are you Spending your Quarters at the Risk Arcade?

Richard Dupree CEO and Founder at Riskliance

Risk Appetite: How are you Spending your Quarters at the Risk Arcade?

When I was a kid in Texas, I would spend most weekends squandering my hard-earned allowance at the local arcade. The local arcade was the place to see and be seen. Where you could connect with friends away from parental supervision and escape into the fantasy world of gaming, a much more analogue experience than today’s online gaming and social ne...

13 August 2020 /security

How will a new working environment change the way companies value cybersecurity?

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How will a new working environment change the way companies value cybersecurity?

Cybersecurity is in place to protect our computer systems and networks from theft or damage to their hardware, software or electronic data. Due to technology evolving and companies becoming more reliant on technology, cybersecurity is becoming more important to businesses. Cybersecurity is extremely complex, both in terms of politics and technolog...

23 July 2020 /security

The Three Lines of Defence: Time to Recall the Kraken?

Richard Dupree CEO and Founder at Riskliance

The Three Lines of Defence: Time to Recall the Kraken?

In the 1981 movie Clash of the Titans (and again in the 2010 remake of the same name), the Greek mythical deity Zeus, calls for the release of the Kraken on an out-of-control human population. One that has relinquished all personal accountability and has put self above others. In the movie, the Kraken was a horrible beast whose unleashing was a us...

23 June 2020 /security

What are the cybersecurity risks in an interconnected world?

Jamie Crawley Reporter at Finextra

What are the cybersecurity risks in an interconnected world?

Financial services companies have historically been amongst the best performing when it comes to matters of cybersecurity, given the importance attached to protecting and managing clients’ sensitive data. However, developments and innovations in the industry mean cyber challenges are consistently changing and financial institutions must stay ahead...

07 May 2020 /security

Cybersecurity: The never-ending challenge

Jamie Crawley Reporter at Finextra

Cybersecurity: The never-ending challenge

As the financial world changes, becoming more interconnected and inclusive, the ever-moving target of cybersecurity will continue to evolve. Mitigation will therefore demand a collaborative approach from financial services companies across the industry. While financial services is generally among the best performing industries in cyber management, ...

23 March 2020 /security

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