Law enforcement officials estimate that fewer than 200 people in the world build the core infrastructure and tools relied on by cybercriminals who would otherwise lack such capabilities. What's the best way to stop them?
Mobile banking is growing out of its infancy and experts predict it will soon be the dominant banking and payments channel. However, with mobile operating systems and their varying support of security best practices, multiple new threat vectors are being introduced and many are already being widely utilized for...
NASSCOM and DSCI have launched a cybersecurity task force to help develop India as a global R&D hub. Experts question whether the sponsoring organizations have set the right agenda for this new entity.
The consolidated class-action lawsuit filed by banking institutions against Home Depot is more evidence of how issuers are no longer relying solely on card brands to be compensated for breach losses and expenses.
A new breach reported by Heartland Payment Systems won't get much attention. But this incident could be more damaging to the undisclosed number of consumers affected than was Heartland's 2008 payment card breach.
Breached dating website FriendFinder allegedly missed email warnings from security researchers that its site had been breached and customers' data was being sold on a "darknet" site. What can other businesses learn from that apparent mistake?
Data is the lifeblood of today's digital businesses, and protecting it from theft, misuse, and abuse is the No. 1 responsibility of every S&R leader. Hacked customer data can erase millions in profits within weeks, stolen intellectual property can erase competitive advantage in less than a year, and unnecessary...
Organizations are increasingly relying on data warehouses to provide the business critical reporting and analysis needed to empower business decisions and drive results. The data warehouse is a central repository for integrating data from one or more disparate sources such as applications, databases and legacy...
Hardly a week goes by without headlines about a breach of customer data. Less frequent, but just as alarming, are the publicly reported examples and allegations of
intellectual property theft. Data security and privacy - and by extension, brand reputation - are front and center today and will quickly become a...
News headlines about the increasing frequency of information and identity theft have focused awareness on data security and privacy breaches - and their consequences. In response to this issue, regulations have been enacted around the world. Although the specifics of the regulations may differ, failure to ensure...
Financial malware - that is, malicious software designed to enable fraudulent transactions - is a growing concern for line-of-business executives, heads of retail and commercial banking, leaders of global compliance operations, and risk management officers worldwide. Fraudsters rely upon increasingly sophisticated...
In today's ever changing fraud landscape, much of the currently used statistical-based fraud detection methodology is creating significant challenges for both organizations and end users. These statistical models generate high false positive rates and provide a risk score that does not effectively distinguish...
Mobile banking continues to gain momentum, growing faster than any other banking delivery channel to date. Many financial institutions contemplate expanding capabilities in the mobile channel, but they are concerned about security.
Fortunately, new security measures are available to mitigate the risks associated...
A number of network security technologies have arisen that claim to be the "next generation" of network defense - but what does this concept actually mean? In the view of Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) analysts, the term has become marginalized by technologies that pigeonhole capability into silos of...
Today's IT organizations are under more pressure than ever. As technology innovation and adoption increases, much of that pressure is centered around the conflict among three primary sources:
The hyper-empowered user who demands access to data anywhere, at any time, from any device;
The rich and vibrant diversity...
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