Six Tips to Keep the Bots at BayFighting bots can seem like an unending battle. But there are some actions you can take to lower your risk. Among the steps:
New ID Theft Scam Targets the Really Big Fish Phishers are now setting their hooks on high-income individuals, and the term that information security researchers are using is “Whaling” -- or spear-phishing that really big fish.
Bad Guys Getting Better, Aiming HigherInformation Security Media Group took the opportunity to talk with Dean Turner, Director, Symantec Global Intelligence Network, about Symantec’s latest Internet Security Threat Report. He shared some of his insights re: the most important changes in the threats being seen...
Detailed user-level auditing for your UNIX and Linux environment is essential to achieving business-critical goals like regulatory compliance (e.g., GLBA, SOX, PCI, etc.), protection against insider attacks, and the ability to troubleshoot and diagnose system availability issues.
Centrify's auditing, access control...
While many computer users have sent them in the past, the future of E-cards (or electronic greeting cards) may be dimmed because of the recent use of them in scams targeting consumers. Financial institutions need to educate their employees and customers more about the dangers of opening electronic greeting cards....
With identity theft topping the Federal Trade Commission's list of US consumers complaints, the release of a new report issued by a leading consumer advocacy group that puts a price tag of more than $7 billion on the cost of cybercrime to the US consumers is not a surprise to many familiar with the identity theft...
How would your employees respond to a phishing email? Would they immediately forward it to your information security officer, or would they shrug it off and hit the delete key? What if they receive a call or voice message from someone asking for what (at the time) seems to be innocuous information on a customer? Have...
Information about the threats of identity theft seem to be everywhere -- media headlines, websites, billboards, television ads, and your financial institution has probably warned its customers of the problem.
The real question is – how bad is the problem? When you compare studies and reports, it can yield...
Employees play an integral role in protecting the assets of an institution, and as such, need to be adequately trained and made aware of the basic security practices which are frequently overlooked. A set-it and forget-it approach "we're protected because we have a firewall" to information security ignores end-users,...
Banks face the constant risk of unauthorized exposure of sensitive financial business data and customer information. The recent security breaches disclosed by retailers and other entities demonstrate the severity of this problem.
Banks expose themselves to data breaches in many ways, including exposure via their...
Five federal banking regulatory agencies - FDIC, OCC, NCUA, OTS & FTC - outline best practices to fight identity theft
Regulatory expectations on identity theft mitigation and prevention
Gain insight on handling and reporting identity theft
Hear current and planned education efforts you can use to educate...
Today, financial services IT organizations need to secure more than just the people, systems and infrastructure that sit inside their buildings. IT organizations must secure a variety of mobile user groups like executives, brokers, agents, consultants, and contractors. Additionally, with the growth of online account...
This webcast will describe ways banks can mature and simplify user provisioning and Identity Life-Cycle Management:
Integrated compliance support and the larger governance picture
Integrated identity administration and user provisioning across platforms, applications and user-groups
Delegated administration...
While governments and industry watchdog groups are mandating security measures over privacy, healthcare and financial data, enterprises have their own business priorities and concerns that are equally vital to their ongoing success.
Companies are complex entities that create, modify, store, and move vast amounts of...
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