The H1N1 threat has put business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) in the headlines. But behind the scenes, the discipline has long been active in helping global organizations respond to myriad natural and man-made disasters.
Not only is Capella University one of the NSA's accredited Centers of Academic Excellence (CAE), the school also offers undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate programs in information assurance - and 100% online.
With the heightened focus on cybersecurity - and increased incidents of insider crimes - the digital forensics practice has also gained a higher profile in both the private and public sectors.
Keith Barger, a forensics veteran, currently serves as a director in KPMG's forensics practice in Houston, TX. In an...
ATM security keeps Terri Ipson up at night.
As the ATM protection "evangelist" at Diebold, the security solutions vendor, Ipson says she is constantly on the watch for the latest emerging threat that criminals are employing against ATMs globally.
Among the ways Diebold is looking to prevent criminals from...
A proposed cybersecurity mandate is being discussed by the senate that would affect thousands of information technology and security workers if implemented. The proposal basically requires that all government employees and contractors be certified and licensed if they provide cybersecurity services to an agency or for...
Colonial Bank, Montgomery, Alabama, was closed today by the Alabama State Banking Department, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. To protect the depositors, the FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with Branch Banking and Trust (BB&T), Winston-Salem, North...
There are four "high risk" areas that aren't getting the attention they deserve as financial institutions work toward complying with the ID Theft Red Flags Rule, says a leading industry compliance expert.
The Heartland data breach and July's denial of service (DDoS) attacks against government agencies are among the biggest information security incidents of the year. And they've pushed incident response into the spotlight.
Peter Allor is on the Steering Committee of the Forum for Incident Response and Security Teams...
Safety and soundness are issues for financial institutions of all sizes, including federally-regulated credit unions. But basic information security is also a challenge - especially for smaller, under-resourced institutions, says John Kutchey, deputy director of the National Credit Union Administration's (NCUA) Office...
Two US banks recently reissued new credit and debit cards to Massachusetts customers after a data breach at an unnamed merchant.
Bank of America and Citigroup both issued replacement cards and notified customers that their account numbers may have been compromised.
Robberies, ATM heists, insider thefts - there are so many risks to employees, customers, funds and electronic data, and they're only heightened by economic conditions. Desperate times, desperate people. This is why we focus on physical security this month - to underscore how critical it is to a banking...
Gail Finley is Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Information Technology, at University of District of Columbia - a minority-serving school located in the nation's capital.
She is also one of six participants who recently attended Carnegie Mellon University's Information Assurance Capacity Building...
The number of consumer bankruptcies may hit 1.4 million by the end of this year, says the American Bankruptcy Institute. The number of bankruptcies has risen by one-third this year, as more jobs have been lost and loans are getting harder to qualify for, says the research group.
The recent data breach at Internet domain administrator and host Network Solutions compromised more than 573,000 credit and debit cardholders and begs the question: What more can be done to secure such systems? The incident also raises new questions about the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI).
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