In the wake of a year of attacks waged against banking institutions by Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters, the FS-ISAC's Bill Nelson and the ABA's Doug Johnson say the need to regularly update DDoS preparedness is a critical lesson learned.
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including the Medical University of South Carolina notifying 7,000 individuals that their credit card information was compromised as a result of a card processor breach.
OpUSA's planned Sept. 11 DDoS against U.S. banks and governmental agencies proved to be uneventful, experts say. But they warn that other potential attacks, especially those with a Syria connection, could prove to be far more serious.
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If Iran is behind distributed-denial-of-service attacks targeting American banks, should the United States retaliate aggressively with a Stuxnet-like response? Learn why the Atlantic Council's Jason Healey thinks that's a bad idea.
Federal authorities are warning banking institutions and government agencies about a wave of DDoS attacks that could strike on 9/11. Learn what steps the FBI suggests should be taken to mitigate the threat.
As security professionals in other business sectors prepare for potential DDoS attacks, here are three important lessons they can learn from the successful defenses in the financial services industry.
The FDIC is urging banking institutions to pay more attention to vendor management in light of recent breaches, such as one that compromised core processor Fidelity National Information Services.
If Congress were to enact a national data breach notification law, what key provisions should be included in the legislation? Public policy advocate David Valdez stresses uniformity.
Citi's settlement with two states over a breach that exposed 360,000 cards will likely set an example for other states. One expert says banking institutions will likely pay more damages when accounts are compromised.
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including a Missouri Credit Union breach in which personal information about members was briefly exposed on its website.
As victims of cyber-attacks on their domain name systems providers, The New York Times, Twitter and the Huffington Post UK may have opened themselves and their customers to more nefarious threats, a leading IT security expert says.
The best way to handle a serious data breach is to prevent it. While no security system is 100% effective, it's been noted that a substantial number of major breaches were very preventable. But organizations didn't take what can be simple and inexpensive steps to close the holes that are often exploited by those who...
To address the insider threat, Jeremy Walczak of Independent Health is using a privileged identity management system. Walczak and other experts offer detailed insights on mitigating emerging threats.
An emerging concept known as accelerated breach response aims to improve how organizations react to such incidents. What are the hallmarks of the new approach? Attorney Ellen Giblin offers insights.
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