Page 601 - White Papers - bank information security

Improving Business Continuity in the Financial Services Sector: A Model for Starting Regional Coalitions

Prior to September 11, 2001, business continuity and disaster recovery plans were primarily developed by and geared to individual financial firms - with firms establishing, testing and refining their own plans. The event of 9/11 showed us in horrifying detail how vulnerable these firms are - and how dependent they are...

BITS Voluntary Guidelines for Collections in the Financial Services Industry

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Check fraud is a growing industry problem. Nearly 20 percent of super-regional banks incurred more than $20 million in check fraud-related operating expenses in 2001.1 In order to enable the industry to resolve breach of presentment warranty claims expeditiously and in a way that is fair,...

BITS Framework for Managing Technology Risk for IT Service Provider Relationships

The financial services industry increasingly relies on information technology (IT) service providers (“Service Providers”) to support the delivery of financial services. This shift in the delivery of financial services, coupled with the deployment of new and dynamic technologies, has resulted in heightened...

BITS Technology Risk Transfer Gap Analysis Tool

Financial institutions must maintain a high level of trust and integrity in order for e-business to grow to the fullest extent possible, embracing new technologies. The trust of financial services customers derives from the integrity of the industry’s infrastructure and information technology practices. Security is...

Why You Need a Next-Generation Firewall

Next-generation (NG) firewalls, with features such as deep packet inspection, intrusion detection, application identification, and granular control, are important weapons in the battle against hacking and malware. Mobile applications have taken the overall scheme of corporate IT, and NG firewalls enable organizations...

Challenges and Solutions to Protecting Data within the AWS Cloud

In this white paper, learn about the specific problems around data protection when using servers within Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments. This includes both problems specific to the environment, the motivations that drive the need for this data protection, and recent changes in cyber threats that highlight the...

Reliability Improvements to Financial Services Infrastructure

CIOs and CTOs face multifaceted challenges in today's business environment. One of these challenges is maintaining reliable and efficient IT infrastructures to support the emerging needs of line-of-business (LOB) executives while transitioning to what IDC calls the third platform of IT, led by social networks, cloud...

Sponsored by Symantec

Information Security Threat Report

In 2013 much attention was focused on cyber-espionage, threats to privacy and the acts of malicious insiders. However, the end of 2013 provided a painful reminder that cybercrime remains prevalent and that damaging threats from cybercriminals continue to loom over businesses and consumers. Eight breaches in 2013 each...

Sponsored by Symantec

Symantec Report: Layered Defense

Businesses are at war with hackers. It is vital that all businesses incorporate a reliable projection system that constantly updates and looks for new threats to achieve the best defense possible against attackers. With attacks becoming more common, more serious and harder to detect, traditional antivirus software...

Sponsored by Symantec

Symantec Intelligence Report: June 2014

The largest data breach reported in June resulted in the exposure of 1.3 million identities. This seems like a small number when compared to the 145 million exposed in the largest breach of May. However, while reported in June, this breach also took place during the month of May. This brings the total number of...

Sponsored by Symantec

Cyberespionage Attacks Against Energy Suppliers

A cyberespionage campaign against a range of targets, mainly in the energy sector, gave attackers the ability to mount sabotage operations against their victims. The attackers managed to compromise a number of strategically important organizations for spying purposes and, if they had used the sabotage capabilities...

Sponsored by Symantec

Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms

The endpoint protection platform provides a collection of security capabilities to protect PCs, smartphones and tablets. Vendors in this market compete on the quality of their protection capabilities, the depth and breadth of features, and the ease of administration. This analysis provides: An evaluation of...

Fraud Protection for Native Mobile Applications

The use of smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices to conduct online transactions has rapidly grown into a standard practice. A large percentage of these now-common mobile transactions are completed using mobile apps. Unfortunately, crime associated with their use has increased correspondingly, resulting in a...

Mobile is the New Normal for Conducting Business

Mobile devices have offered organizations unparalleled access to information and a new level of flexibility in doing business. However, with this newfound freedom comes inherent risks and the danger of security breaches. This whitepaper discusses: The growth of mobile devices in the workplace; Inherent...

Sponsored by Symantec

Forrester Comparison Guide: Enterprise Mobile Management Solutions

Symantec named a Leader in the The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Mobile Management, Q3 2014. Read the Forrester Research, Inc report and get in-depth expertise on the enterprise mobility market. We recommend this analyst report for anyone evaluating enterprise mobility solutions or looking to gain a better...