Tag Archives: Cybersecurity

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 …

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 …

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 …

In an increasingly digital world, consumers want to ensure that their personal information is not at risk of falling into the wrong hands. Here’s a quick overview of consumer opinions …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The way people make payments is changing faster than any area of financial services, and understanding trends in payments is important for any financial institution wanting to serve the complete …

The days of plastic payment cards are numbered, and mobile wallets are starting their taking over. The recent global rise in contactless payments, as well as biometrics, demonstrates that consumers …

MasterCard and IBM have founded Truata, an independent trust that will allow companies to conduct analytics while complying with the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union …

RegTech is widely used in the financial industry to comply with regulations. However, according to Bank Director’s 2018 Risk Survey, the cost of implementing RegTech has increased. 55% of the …

Artificial intelligence has taken the tech world by storm, allowing companies to cut costs, automate a variety of their processes and boost their bottom line. Most commonly, chatbots are being …

Security software vendor McAfee has warned that 2018 is likely to see hackers employ machine learning, deep learning and artificial intelligence to support their cyber-attacks and find vulnerabilities faster than …

Herman Gref, head of Sberbank, outlined five key areas for the use of artificial intelligence while speaking at the ‘Open Innovations’ forum: Customer-interaction bots — as artificial intelligence learns, it …

Customer-driven card-control systems are starting to become more popular. They also provide greater security and a way for customers to control their payment instruments via one smartphone-ported application. Specifically, card-control …

The following internal policies provide for maximum cloud data security and prevent unnecessary information leaks. Basic policies: employee trainings on how to handle sensitive data in various situations advanced access …

Determine the parameters of a normal course of business The standard parameters of business operations can be detected with the help of analysis tools. Once these parameters are determined, they …

Unibank has successfully passed PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) requirements for 2016 and has been awarded the PCI DSS certificate. PCI DSS is one of the best security standards …

Some lenders are setting traps for customers in their online services designed to compensate for financial losses suffered following stricter interest rate regulations imposed by the government of Georgia. One …