Chase Bank has sent out data breach notification letters to an undisclosed number of customers after a computer tape with customers' personal information was reported missing from a third-party vendor's storage facility.
The economy has been down, but job opportunities are up for information security professionals with the right skills.
This is the posture of David Foote, CEO and chief research officer of Foote Partners, an IT workforce research firm.
Community Banking Leader Discusses Milestones, Challenges, Opportunities
Gail Mikolich stumbled into a banking career 23 years ago. Today, she is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Northeast Bank, a $400 million community bank based in Minneapolis.
In a discussion about careers in banking,...
Interview with Srinivas Mukkamala
When it comes to incident response, there's nothing for critical than first response. And first response skills are exactly what students are attaining in a unique information assurance program offered by New Mexico Tech.
In an exclusive interview, Srinivas Mukkamala of New...
Legal Insights on Data Privacy Trends and Breach Response
Your organization has been breached - how should you immediately respond? How should you not respond?
Alysa Hutnik, attorney with Kelley Drye in Washington, D.C., specializes in information security and privacy, counseling clients on what to do after a...
Preliminary legal hearings have begun in the class action suit against Heartland Payment Systems, the U.S.-based payments processor that was breached in 2008
More than 30 financial institutions from 22 states have joined the lawsuit against Heartland, which is the largest data breach on record, with a reported 130...
The U.S. Treasury Department proposed tough global standards on capital and liquidity at financial institutions, citing the need to reduce the chance of another international financial meltdown. The new rules came a day before the G-20 meets in London.
The standards propose that higher capital levels at all banks...
As most U.S. banking institutions prepared to close down for the holiday weekend, five were closed permanently by state and federal regulators on Friday, Sept. 4.
These closures raise 2009's running tally of failed institutions to 100 -- 89 banks and 11 credit unions have been closed, acquired or gone into...
Mississippi State University's 'Wounded Warriors' program is all about providing digital forensics training for soldiers and sailors transitioning home from Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in the world.
In an exclusive interview, Dr. David Dampier, associate professor in the university's department of computer...
For institutions of all size, information security is a top priority for North Dakota banking institutions. But the smaller ones struggle to dedicate sufficient resources to the task, says Tim Karsky, Commissioner of the ND Dept. of Financial Institutions.
In a discussion of his agency's top priorities, Karsky...
"Don't be a hero."
For years, this is how banking institutions have responded to robberies - with an attitude of compliance.
But in Seattle, the local division of the FBI has turned this attitude on its heels with SafeCatch, a program designed to train bank employees to spot and deter potential robberies before...
Already in 2009 we've seen more than double the number of bank and credit union failures than we saw in all of 2008. Where will it end? Which big institution is next to fail?
To gain insight on market trends, we interviewed Christine Barry of AITE Group LLC on:
Why Colonial is likely to be the largest failure of...
Information security requirements and challenges change on a daily basis - and with them come growing opportunities for individuals with skills in digital forensics.
Rob Lee, a director with Mandiant and curriculum lead for digital forensic training at SANS Institute, discusses:
the growing need for digital...
Leveraging Asset-Based Configuration and Vulnerability Analysis with Real-Time Event Management
It is crucial to monitor for compliance in a manner as close to real time as possible to ensure the organization does not drift out of compliance over time. The greater the gap between monitoring cycles, the more likely...
Banks fail, are closed and acquired every week. The business processes behind these conversions are proven and precise. But what is the role of information security in a bank acquisition? When does the security group enter the discussion, and what's its role in the transition?
Matthew Speare of M&T Bank, which...
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