Eighty-seven percent of major data breaches could have been avoided through reasonable security measures.
This is the conclusion of a new report from Verizon Business Security Solutions, analyzing 500 forensic investigations of data breaches. Financial institutions made up 14 percent of all companies included in...
When a Dallas, TX bank needed some help to stop unauthorized data, it pulled out the biggest guns it could locate to stop the data leaking out of its networks.
The choice was a natural progression of what the bank was already doing to stop data loss, according to Omni American Bank's Chief Information Officer Tony...
We've known for roughly six months now that the Identity Theft Red Flags Rule compliance deadline is Nov. 1, barely four months away. How close, then, are banking institutions to meeting that deadline?
That is the question of the summer, and the answer will be found in the results of our new Identity Theft Red...
On one hand, this step does show that the business has made a conscientious effort to plug a major security hole.
But on the other, can't you see that first lawsuit filed by a breached customer saying "Hey, you gave me this stuff and said my PC was safe ...?"
Credit and debit card fraud: It's the threat that keeps growing and evolving.
A year ago, many banks and credit unions were forced to cancel and reissue thousands of cards as a result of the TJX breach. More recently, banks located in Indiana saw accounts breached from ATM or debit card transactions. Indiana law...
Two men have been charged with making hundreds of fraudulent withdrawals from New York City automatic teller machines earlier this year, taking more than $750,000 in cash.
In a federal indictment filed in the U.S. Southern District of New York, Yuriy Ryabinin, a 32-year-old Ukranian immigrant and Ivan Biltse, 30,...
Preserving the privacy of customer information is a core mandate of Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) compliance - and increasingly an essential for business success.
Banking institutions need strong privacy programs to keep their customers' trust, but also to comply with a growing number of state privacy laws and...
Less than a month after TD BankNorth customers in New Hampshire were alerted by the bank that their Visa debit or credit cards may have been compromised comes news of a phishing email scam against the bank's customers. The bank, headquartered in Portland, ME, has $119 billion in assets and 1,100 locations on the east...
Over the past 10 years, a primary concern for financial institutions was securing the perimeter of your network from attack by anonymous hackers. Today, your perimeter is secure, and your next biggest threat is from within. How is this? Security gaps created by silos...
Today, financial institution employees...
There was one thing that always bugged Steve Jones when he thought about customer data protection at his credit union - email via the Internet.
Email is so ubiquitous -- essential to communications both within the institution and with the outside world, including customers. But it's also fraught with security...
As of Oct. 1, U.S. banking institutions have just one month to come into compliance with the Identity Theft Red Flags Rule, which mandates new levels of ID Theft program management, training and awareness.
Register for this webinar to get your first glimpse at the new regulatory examination procedures for this...
Understanding the trends and patterns of the past is the key to understanding the future, and security is no exception. The following security threat trends for 2008 have been assembled as a result of their frequency during security audits performed last year. These common and fundamental security issues typically...
Just when you thought PCI deadlines were behind you ...
The deadline for compliance with the Payment Card Industry's Data Security Standard DSS (PCI-DSS) 6.6 requirement is June 30. This requirement describes security steps that are intended to address threats to web applications.
But industry analysts project...
The road to PCI compliance for retailers and financial institutions may have many wrecks along the way. But there are also some solid best-practices to lead the way for PCI laggards, says David Taylor, Research Director at the PCI Alliance.
What makes one company a compliance leader and another a loser when it...
An unencrypted backup tape is missing from the Bank of New York Mellon, potentially exposing information on 4.5 million customers of that bank and of People's United Bank of Bridgeport, CT.
The missing tape contains social security numbers and bank account information on 4.5 million customers - including several...
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