2010 is the Chinese year of the tiger - a fitting image for banking/security leaders that must be vigilant against the information security threats that challenge financial institutions and their customers.
To prepare for this New Year, we've prepared a Banking/Security Agenda that looks at fraud, regulatory...
Nearly one year after the announcement of the biggest known data breach ever reported, the international hacker behind the crime pled guilty and will be sentenced in March.
Now that the New Year is here and 2009 is behind us, here's a list of all the things that I think that infosec pros at financial institutions would like to receive in 2010
Earlier this week, I blogged on what have been the most popular interviews I've conducted in 2009 - and there have been a lot of them.
Today I'd like to talk about my favorite interviews of the year. And there have been a magnificent seven of those.
The 10 most significant events regarding government cybersecurity in 2009 saw its genesis with the inauguration of a Blackberry-toting chief executive, the most tech-savvy president to occupy the Oval Office.
This is always a fun exercise.
I spent some time today looking back over all the articles we published (so far) in 2009.
And that number is 891, by the way - an average of just over 17 per week, or three-plus per weekday. But the number that concerned me most is 10 - what have been the top 10 most popular stories...
Interview with Jay Foley of the Identity Theft Resource Center
Financial scams and incidents of medical identity theft are on the rise - and they're among the main threats to business and consumers in 2010. This is the warning from Jay Foley, executive director of the Identity Theft Resource Center.
This is the last thing you'd want during the holiday season.
I lost my purse at a local movie theater recently, and within a couple hours realized my loss. Nervously, I rushed to the customer service department, all the while hoping to get my grey tote bag handed safely from underneath the counter.
If you thought 2009 was a tough year in terms of regulatory scrutiny, wait until 2010.
With regulatory reform and consumer protection high on the agenda, financial institutions should face new pressures on several fronts, say industry observers.
Here are the top regulatory issues for banking institutions to...
Malware is increasingly sophisticated, and social media are the common new venues for attacks.
These are the headlines from the latest Cisco Annual Security Report. Patrick Peterson, Cisco senior fellow, offers highlights of the report, discussing:
Top trends and threats;
The risks to specific vertical...
The Advanced Persistent Threat - what exactly is it, and how are organizations vulnerable?
Ron Gula, CEO of Tenable Network Security, explains the threat and the challenges to mitigating it. In an exclusive interview, Gula discusses:
Why some organizations are especially vulnerable;
Strategies and solutions...
Was Citibank breached by hackers who siphoned tens of millions of dollars from the bank's customers?
The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday reported news of an FBI investigation into an alleged Citibank computer security breach by hackers linked to a Russian cyber gang.
Citigroup executives, however, categorically...
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