With the Identity Theft Red Flags Rule compliance date creeping closer, we contacted several banking institutions from around the country for their insights on keeping an information security training program robust and interesting.
We all know that employee and customer awareness are a big part of Identity Theft Red Flags Rule compliance. But what exactly is missing from banking institutions' current awareness programs, which must meet the new standards by Nov. 1?
We recently caught up with representatives of banking regulatory agencies to...
It must have just ruined his "holiday" or vacation when Andy Hornby, the head of British bank HBOS got the call from his own fraud investigators last week that his personal bank account had been breached.
The HBOS plc Group, which encompasses The Halifax and Bank of Scotland, is the UK's largest mortgage and...
Maybe the Countrywide television ads that constantly run on cable news shows I watch on weekends will now tout, "Finance your mortgage with Countrywide, and have your identity stolen at the same time for mere pennies."
The recent arrest of a former Countrywide employee in the insider identity theft case, where an...
"Whitelisting" is a new twist on information security. Instead of trying to find a software solution that keeps all of the potential bad guys out of your systems, whitelisting allows you to establish a protection layer that grants access to only your finite list of good guys - individuals or applications.
In this...
Gramm-Leach-Bliley - it's at the heart of every financial institution's security program. In this exclusive interview, Nathan Johns, formerly of the FDIC, discusses current GLBA compliance trends, including:
Where institutions are most challenged to meet compliance;
Where they are seeing successes;
Vendor...
In the wake of the arrests of 11 hackers tied to the TJX data breach, security experts everywhere are warning of bigger, bolder threats to come.
So, what should banking institutions have learned from TJX-style breaches, and what can they do now to protect their customers and critical financial/informational...
To me, it was a given.
In the wake of recent news of IndyMac and other bank failures, it seemed safe to say that U.S. banking institutions were dealing with a bit of a crisis of confidence. I mean, I didn't imagine that line of anxious customers outside IndyMac, did I?
But then I got a recent note from a...
A former Countrywide Financial Corp. employee was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation earlier this month in Los Angeles for stealing and selling sensitive personal information, including social security numbers on an estimated 2 million mortgage loan applicants from around the country for the last two...
Interview with Cyber Crime Expert Eric Fiterman
In the wake of the arrests of 11 hackers tied to the TJX data breach, security experts everywhere are warning of bigger, bolder threats to come.
So, what should banking institutions have learned from TJX-style breaches, and what can they do now to protect their...
As part of the Nov. 1 Identity Theft Red Flags Rule compliance deadline, financial institutions must step up efforts to train employees and customers alike to be more cognizant of Identity Theft and its symptoms.
The idea behind the education is simple: Increasing security awareness prevents the crime from happening....
Following is a list of the 26 red flags identified for financial institutions in the interagency Identity Theft Red Flags Rule. Institutions must comply with this rule by Nov. 1.
So, if last week's indictment of 11 hackers by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney General's office was just the "tip of the iceberg" in terms of information security threats to financial institutions and merchants, then what's below the surface?
More breaches, say industry and security experts,...
With fewer than three months to go before the ID Theft Red Flags Rule compliance deadline, banking regulatory agencies this week are starting to unveil their new examination procedures.
The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) is the first agency to announce its exam procedures, presenting them today (Aug. 11) in a 2...
For financial institutions, data security is both an operational and regulatory imperative. A bank or financial services provider that fails to protect a customer's financial data faces the threat of losing customers, tarnishing their reputation and eventually losing competitive advantage.
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