OK, so not everybody's confidential information generates the same level of interest as Barack Obama's, Hillary Clinton's or John McCain's passport files.
But the latest State Department scandal nevertheless holds a relevant lesson for financial institutions: Be ever mindful of your customers' privacy....
Encryption is the method of encoding information using a password, in order to hide the real information from others. The technique is used for various tasks, including secure storage and transferring data between computers and wireless networks.
Online shopping is now commonplace in many North American households. The Internet offers shoppers access to a wider variety of products and services than may be available in neighborhood stores. And these days, even when an online store does have a physical outlet, the selection, and sometimes the price, is often...
Internet fraud is a type of scheme that exploits online services to solicit fraudulent claims or transactions from unsuspecting people. These scammers utilize any online tool they can- from chat rooms to e-mails, to message boards or even whole websites-to find their victims. They will solicit fraudulent transactions,...
Passwords are an important part of society today. There are a number of different reasons that people have passwords, most of them for the purpose of allowing individual access to things that are private and/or important to a job or club. There are some simple rules that everyone should follow in order to keep the...
Passwords are used for a variety of purposes, but the most common are for email accounts and other online business or banking accounts. A password is put into place to verify the user, as well as to keep the user's privacy, and the information they access, intact. It is the responsibility of each password holder to...
The multitude of online auction sites like eBay has revolutionized the way we buy and sell items. But, as with any business, there are inherent risks to using online auctions.
Credit/charge card fraud is a billion-dollar business. Many cardholders, along with the card issuers, lose hundreds of millions of dollars each year to scams that involve fraud. How does this happen?
"Vishing" is a crime that uses Voice over Internet protocol (also known as VoIP) and social engineering to gain access to someone's personal or financial information. The purpose of gathering this information is to make a financial reward from the victim.
Archiving is the long-term storage of information in a repository, usually compressed to reduce storage space. Archiving information helps reduce data loss, as it ensures that everything will never get lost and can always be accessed. Top priorities all in this era of e-discovery and computer forensics.
As U.S. citizens scramble to get their financial affairs in order before the April 15th federal tax return deadline, fraudsters are readying to take full advantage with scams of all shapes and sizes.
To help taxpayers muddle unscathed through this season's onslaught, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) just issued...
It was the scandal that rocked the banking world. French Bank Societe Generale recently revealed details of a disaster created by a rogue insider who cost the institution $7.2 billion in fraudulent trades. It was the biggest such scandal in history.
We recently spoke with Linda Najim and Jason Gaswirth of Diamond...
With the heightened demands of regulatory compliance and e-discovery, managed message security and archiving is a huge challenge for financial institutions. Read this interview for expert advice from Lee Rothman, Sales Engineer at MessageLabs Inc., on archiving, including:
Today's top challenges;
How other...
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. Read this interview for insights from Subhash Tantry, CEO of Fox Technologies, on:
Five principles of an effective access control management...
Howard Sprow, vice president of Business Continuity Planning for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) is a long-time leader in emergency management issues in the financial services industry. Recently we interviewed him on SIFMA's work in business continuity and pandemic planning.
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