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The risks from Cyber cime - Hacking - Loss of Data Privacy - Identity Theft and other topical threats - can be greatly reduced by implementation of robust IT Security controls ...
No matter how much emphasis is placed on creating safe passwords, avoiding phishing attempts, and safeguarding sensitive personal data, the risk of account takeover (ATO) fraud remains ever-present. T...
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) will enter into force on the 17th January 2025. After this point, banks, other financial institutions, and all organisations providing services and produ...
In the rapidly evolving landscape of cybersecurity, financial institutions face an ongoing battle to protect their systems and data. That battle extends beyond their own systems and data to those of t...
In 2015, a senior executive at Mattel received an email from the company’s newly appointed CEO. The note requested the processing of an overdue payment to a familiar manufacturer. In acting on the ema...
Those of us who work in the cyber security industry have been talking about Zero Trust for more than a decade now. During that time, it’s fair to say that the financial services industry has become re...
Data represents both a huge opportunity and a significant risk for companies in the financial services industry. On the one hand, data sharing and analytics can help organizations uncover a wide array...
Microsoft Office used to be the only office software that mattered (at least in the business world). Now, Microsoft is working to sideline its traditional office software in favour of its cloud-orient...
Employee Onboarding effectiveness defines whether your employee will be engaged or disengaged at work, depending on the impression created on them. Poorly managed onboarding can lead to abandonment, e...
Over the last half decade, industry insiders around the world have watched cybersecurity budgets balloon astronomically to fight the ongoing threats facing businesses everywhere. The rise of ransomwar...
2022 has so far seen an insatiable appetite for stories of fraud. From ‘The Tinder Swindler’ Simon Leviev fooling potential love interests into giving him millions of dollars to escape his "enemi...
It wasn’t that long ago that security professionals protected their IT in much the same way that mediaeval guards protected a walled city – they made it as difficult as possible to get inside. But onc...
Are you a good password user? If you have different passwords for every account, each a unique configuration of letters, numbers, capitals, and symbols, perhaps you are. No one can access your account...