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Biometric data is being harnessed the world over as a way of identifying us and protecting us from the fraudulent use of our personal information. And governments around the globe …
Read More »Southeast Asian nations agree to strengthen cybersecurity
Southeast Asian nations have agreed to adopt cybersecurity rules following major data breaches in the region. Ministers in the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations have agreed to 11 voluntary, …
Read More »Azerbaijan developing national cybersecurity strategy
The government of Azerbaijan has announced the development of a national cybersecurity strategy. The strategy, an initiative of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies, envisages setting up a …
Read More »Germany forms cybersecurity agency
The government of Germany has formed a cybersecurity innovation agency. The agency, set to begin work in early 2019, will be tasked with researching highly-innovative security projects as well as …
Read More »Russia creates state agency to combat cyber threats
Russia’s Federal Security Service has created the National Computer Incident Coordination Center to combat cyber threats against the country, especially its “critical infrastructure”. The Center will charge with: detecting, preventing and …
Read More »New data privacy regulations changing “business as usual”
The digital economy is lucrative yet highly-vulnerable, with cybercriminals relentlessly hunting for vulnerabilities and security gaps. This has led to a flurry of recent data breach incidents giving rise to …
Read More »China’s microchip infiltration of U.S. computers
As part of a technological due diligence by Amazon when evaluating a potential acquisition, it was found that many motherboards assembled by Super Micro Computer Inc. (SuperMicro) for Elemental Technologies …
Read More »Infographic: 2017 Consumer Cybersecurity Confidence Index
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Read More »Video: the dark web
Beneath the surface of the internet exists a largely hidden world – the dark web. Find out what the dark web is and what goes on there in this short …
Read More »Video: cybersecurity and financial services
Join Emmanuel Le Marois, a manager at the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), as he discusses why cybersecurity is an important issue for financial services, what cybersecurity actions …
Read More »Infographic: cybersecurity drivers
In today’s digital world, cybersecurity is not just a luxury; it’s a necessity. This is especially true in the financial services industry, a popular target for major cyber-attacks in recent …
Read More »Video: the evolving cyber threat to banking
Cyber threats to the financial industry are constantly evolving, with malicious actors become more and more sophisticated in planning and executing their attacks. Find out why we must all be …
Read More »How FinTechs are reshaping development
The fusion of technology and the financial world is no longer limited to improving banking experiences as many new FinTech startups are using technology to create a brighter future in …
Read More »FinTech for the financially excluded
The potential of FinTech to help financially excluded populations of the world is well-documented, with FinTech helping to reduce vulnerabilities, build assets, manage cash flows and increase income. Yet FinTech …
Read More »The social impact imperative of FinTechs
The consumer financial system has an important role to play in achieve complex global goals such as ending poverty, abolishing hunger, moving to renewable energy and reducing inequality since the …
Read More »The rise of the robo-advisor in retirement planning
Artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to change the world of retirement planning, with robo-advisors emerging as one of the hottest trends in this field. Robo-advisors are online services that use …
Read More »Building a millennial-friendly brand through social awareness
Millennials represent a drastically different generation than baby boomers or gen-Xers, one that has adapted to a broader range of resources and a much more connected world. Building a millennial-friendly …
Read More »FinTech highlights the good and bad of lending in China
The use of FinTech in China is highlighting both the good and the bad of lending in the world’s second-largest economy. On the good side, FinTech is being used in …
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