Pandemic preparation gets the lion's share of the headlines when it comes to Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery these days. And that's fine. The topic deserves the attention. Needs it.
But that's not to say that pandemic preparation is the only topic of BC/DR conversation.
Identity theft is a growing epidemic in the U.S. and worldwide. Chances are, if you haven't been directly impacted by it, you know someone that has.
In fact, identity theft led the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) list of consumer fraud complaints for 2007 - and it's been at the top of the list for the past seven...
It's never easy arising from security or technology to become a business leader in a financial institution. In this exclusive interview, Paul Perini - who came to security from the business side - offers practical insight on:
The qualities an information security leader needs to possess in order to be a successful...
He was the world's first Chief Information Security Officer, and for over 25 years now he has been a true banking/security leader.
Stephen Katz, former CISO at Citigroup, now founder and President of Security Risk Solutions, an information security company providing consulting and advisory services, sat down with...
Shockwaves rumbled through the US banking industry this week with the release of a new report estimating the annual incidents of Identity Theft associated with the nation's top banks.
The study, published by the Center for Law and Technology at the University of California, Berkeley, draws from thousands of...
Governance. One simple word that on the surface seems easy to apply to a security program's role in a financial institution.
Yet, as I heard most recently in a discussion with Stephen Katz, dean of CISO's, "Governance is probably the most misused, overused word around."
Think about it: What does governance...
The insider threat is at the forefront of financial institution concerns these days, and a huge part of mitigating that threat is improving identity and access management. Listen to this interview to hear Subhash Tantry, CEO of Fox Technologies, on:
Five principles of an effective access control management...
With vendor management getting increased attention from federal regulators and banking institutions, momentum builds for the Financial Institution Shared Assessments Program -- which would essentially provide a standard seal of approval for third-party service providers.
It has been more than six months now since the June 30, 2007, deadline for companies to show that they are in compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS). To gauge the level of compliance and relative success of PCI-DSS, we recently caught up with Chris Farrow, Board Member at PCI...
Banking/Security Expert Shares Insights on Red Flags, Vendor Management, Other Key Challenges Facing Institutions
He was the world's first Chief Information Security Officer at Citigroup in 1995, and for over 25 years he has been a true banking/security leader.
Stephen Katz, founder and President of Security...
Most companies keep sensitive personal information in their files-names, Social Security numbers, credit card, or other account data-that identifies customers or employees. This information often is necessary to fill orders, meet payroll, or perform other necessary business functions. However, if sensitive data falls...
Debit card fraud is one of the most prevalent security threats against banking institutions and customers alike. In this interview, Daniel McIntyre, information security and business recovery analyst with Superior Bank of Birmingham, AL., shares his insight on:
The magnitude of the debit card threat;
Strategies...
It's a project that really represents about a year's worth of work and organization on our part, and on yours too. We started months ago. Information Security Media Group just started to visualize this project, the issues that we wanted to talk about - knowing the regulatory issues that were coming down, things that...
Vendor management and pandemic preparation are huge topics for financial institutions and regulators alike. On January 29, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) spotlighted these issues in a webinar, "Key Examination Issues for 2008." Following the session, we spoke to NCUA Board Member Gigi Hyland about the...
Physical Security -- it's often described as the "forgotten side of security" at some financial institutions, and yet it is a key element of an overall protection strategy.
And because the physical aspect plays a role in so many facets of security, from preventing bank robberies to foiling inside threats, risk...
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