The FFIEC just issued new guidelines on DDoS risks to U.S. banking institutions. What is the substance of these guidelines, and how must banks and credit unions respond? Rodney Joffe of Neustar offers advice.
Banking institutions should be evaluating zero-day vulnerability risks posed by Microsoft's dropping of support next month for Windows XP. But experts say their biggest concern should be how those vulnerabilities will affect customers and vendors.
The final version of the FFIEC's guidance on social media use clarifies how banks should assess consumer and third-party risks. But suggested controls for employee risks are still missing.
Banks need to ensure they continuously monitor their cloud vendors, says Troy Wunderlich of Washington Trust, a community bank in Spokane, who outlines his institution's strategy for vendor management.
Starting with the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) requirements, this white paper describes how Tenable's unified security monitoring platform meets and exceeds these requirements, ensuring continuous compliance, lower total cost of ownership, tangible security risk reduction and the ability...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the newest member of the FFIEC. So what does this additional regulatory oversight mean for U.S. financial institutions and how they prepare for future exams?
So-called patent trolling is getting attention from banking leaders and the White House. As patent attorney James Denaro points out: "Essentially every single financial institution is at risk of being accused of infringement."
Illinois-based bank holding company QCR decided to make a shift in its online-banking platform strategy after a risk assessment revealed security enhancements and customer experience improvements were needed.
The PATCO fraud case shows why banking institutions cannot rely on compliance to ensure security. In an RSA 2013 preview, attorney Joseph Burton discusses legal lessons from the PATCO settlement.
Which fraud trends need the most attention from U.S. banking institutions in 2013? Distributed-denial-of-service attacks and account takeover, says FS-ISAC's Bill Nelson, who offers fraud-fighting tips.
In a new alert, the OCC says banking institutions should be concerned about fraud attempts linked to recent distributed-denial-of-service attacks on prominent U.S. banks.
As online threats continue to escalate, organizations need to adopt best practices in online security that can also achieve user convenience and budget constraints.
Financial institutions face similar security challenges when delivering online and mobile banking services today:
How to maintain customers'...
U.S. banking institutions are making solid progress to conform to the FFIEC Authentication Guidance, says William Henley of the FDIC. So, how are examiners responding to banks' good-faith efforts?
More than a year after issuance of the FFIEC Authentication Guidance, many smaller banking institutions still struggle to conform. How are service providers such as Q2ebanking stepping in to assist?
The definition of reasonable security changes over time. And that's something the courts must consider when reviewing legal disputes over fraud liability.
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