RICHARD SWART: Hi. This is Richard Swart with Information Security Media Group, publishers of BankInfoSecurity.com and CUInfoSecurity.com. Today we’re speaking with Kenneth Newman. He joined the American Savings Bank as the Vice President of Security in March of 2005, and is responsible for managing their...
RICHARD SWART: Hi, this is Richard Swart with Information Security Media Group, publishers of BankInfoSecurity.com, and CUInfoSecurity.com. Today, we will be speaking with Bruce Sussman, the Senior Manager at Crowe Chizek, who has almost 20 years of experience in the banking information security and audit community....
RICHARD SWART: Hi. This is Richard Swart with Information Security Media Group, publishers of BankInfoSecurity.com and CUInfoSecurity.com. Today we will be speaking with Dan Manley, who is a Senior Manager at KPMG’s Risk Advisory Services Information Protection Practice. He has over 19 years of experience, and...
It's About Protecting the Network Endpoints
Last week's announcement of yet another unencrypted laptop being stolen - this time it is retailer The Gap's recruiting vendor and its gaping lack of security (the vendor laptop was stolen with personal information of 800,000 applicants Gap Press Release ) opens another...
The Solution: Protect Your Brand Name and All VariationsBanks and credit union customers are at risk of falling victim to the classic-and-growing Internet scam known as cybersquatting.Cybersquatters are entities that create Web addresses remarkably similar to addresses for well-known companies, institutions or...
Too Much Data, Too Little Security -- a Recipe for DisasterThe risk of a breach of sensitive personal information held by TJX Companies Inc. was foreseeable, but the company failed to put in place adequate security safeguards, according to the report released this week by Canada’s Office of the Privacy...
Two members of the PCI Standards Council who are database security experts say the way to prevent a TJX-type breach from happening at your institution is simple -- be compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
Deloitte & Touche Report Says ID Management, Regulatory Compliance are Top Concerns Information security has risen to the “C-level†or board level and is seen as a critical issue at many financial institutions worldwide, according to a new global survey by Deloitte & Touche LLP. The currencies, cultures...
Nearly 3000 Firms Participating in Nationwide Test The multi-week, sector-wide pandemic exercise that kicked off on September 24 is underway with 2725 firms registered and participating. The exercise, which is the first of this scope in the U.S., is sponsored by the U.S. Treasury Department, in partnership with FSSCC,...
Richard Swart: Hi, this is Richard Swart with Information Security Media Group, publishers of BankInfoSecurity.com and CUInfoSecurity.com. Today we’ll be speaking with Ed Zeitler, executive director of ISC2. Ed has extensive experience has the head of information security at Fidelity Investments, Bank of...
Breach is a Warning to All Financial InstitutionsThe announcement by online brokerage TD Ameritrade that a database had been breached reinforces an important lesson to other financial institutions: Know your systems and who’s accessing them.On Sept. 14, Ameritrade went public with the news that it had...
FinCEN and OCC Assess Civil Penalties Against Union Bank in Deferred Prosecution Agreement Union Bank of California, N.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of UnionBanCal Corporation, based in San Francisco, earlier this month entered into a deferred prosecution agreement regarding charges of failing to maintain an effective...
CA Bill Would Make Bad Security Costly To Retailers Move over data breach notification laws: There’s a tough new bill in town, under which banks and credit unions could get money back from breached retailers that didn’t do right in protecting credit or debit card information. This new data breach...
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...
Best-Practices for Getting Across the Right Messages
The board members at a financial institution are responsible for oversight and implementation of a sound security program, including the overall guidance and direction of setting a cultural value related to risk awareness, driving policy and strategy, defining a...
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