As the HIPAA security rule turns 20, it's time for regulators to make updates reflecting the changing cyberthreat landscape and technological evolution that's happened over the past two decades, says security expert Tom Walsh.
This white paper looks at how payment innovation is impacting fraud departments and the growing importance of removing friction to improve the customer experience. The mobile and online channels are the future; being able to authenticate returning customers and determine who new applicants really are will be essential...
Financial organizations currently subject to the FinCEN SAR eFiling will soon have to make major changes to comply with the new rules by January 1, 2019. The suspicious activity types that need reporting have been updated, new fields have been added, and the ASCII format is being updated just to mention a few things...
Compliance regulations such as SWIFT and GDPR can be challenging to understand and implement. Many of these regulations have cybersecurity requirements that are focused on protecting critical banking infrastructure with aggressive timelines - and without disrupting the very business-critical systems you're trying to...
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features a discussion of California's groundbreaking new privacy law as well as an update on the potential impact of the hacker group responsible for the Ticketmaster breach.
Look at information security through the lens of business risk, and you'll begin to make decisions about security in light of their impact on the business.
With security threats emerging faster than ever, what if your most important information is not protected? What strategic business advantage do you gain if it is...
Australian medical booking platform HealthEngine offered AU$25 (US$19) gift vouchers to dental patients who sent photos of their treatment invoices to the company, which it positioned to patients as "invaluable" research. Privacy experts say the company may have fallen afoul of Australian privacy guidelines.
Cryptocurrency money laundering is increasing dramatically, being already three times greater than in 2017. And we're only half way through the year, observes Dave Jevans, Founder and CEO of CipherTrace, and chairman of the Anti-Phishing Working Group.
The explosive growth of IP networking has let a genie out of the bottle. The more an organization or nation is connected to the internet, the more vulnerable it becomes. The challenge is finding the right balance between "can" and "should" - the fact that we can connect every person, server, app, and cloud vs. the...
Deployed at the network layer, segmentation was first developed to improve network performance. But as cybersecurity experts have realized that a "perimeter only" approach to security is not working, it has become increasingly clear the micro-segmentation is foundational to data center and cloud security. ...
As of January 1, 2018, all SWIFT customers had a deadline to self-attest to their compliance with the new SWIFT Customer Security Program (CSP), designed to respond to the wave of cybercrime that began with the Bank of Bangladesh breach back in February, 2016 and has swept across the world over the past two years. If...
Federal authorities have arrested more than 35 suspects on charges that include selling illicit substances via darknet marketplaces - such as AlphaBay, Dream and Hansa - thanks in part to undercover agents posing as cryptocurrency money launderers. Authorities say the year-long investigation is continuing.
In January 2018, Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced changes to the Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) form. Financial organizations currently subject to the FinCEN SAR eFiling will soon have to make major changes to comply with the new rules by January 1, 2019. The suspicious activity types that need...
Europe's General Data Protection Regulation is reshaping the way organizations handle data. That's going to have an impact on the sharing of threat intelligence. But the Anti-Phishing Working Group hopes the law will provide legal clarity that will make more organizations comfortable with sharing threat data.
Look at information security through the lens of business risk, and you'll begin to make decisions about security in light of their impact on the business. With security threats emerging faster than ever, what if your most important information is not protected? What strategic business advantage do you gain if it is...
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