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COVID-19’s Impact on MSSPs

Given the remote nature of most Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) business operations, it’s easy to imagine they would be well positioned to deal with the shift to remote (work-from-home), an...

22 Oct 2020
Information Security
A Finextra Member

In their sights: Why some roles are now at greater risk of cyberattack

Remote working has enabled the operational resilience of insurers while offering employees safety and greater flexibility in how they go about their job. But this comes with new cyber security threats...

14 Oct 2020
Information Security
A Finextra Member

6 cyber-related stats in financial services

Nowadays, the financial services industry is more critical than ever. Professional services involving the investment, lending, and management of money and assets keep society running on all levels. Fr...

09 Oct 2020
Information Security
Tamas Kadar

Why we should avoid fraud shaming breach victims

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen the rapid rise of phishing scams, ID theft and account takeover techniques, as fraud has increased alongside digital activity while consumers shop from t...

28 Aug 2020
Information Security
Amita Choudhary

How to Meet Finance Industry Security Standards when Migrating to Office 365

Migrating large databases is never an easy task, especially when it touches more sensitive data like financial records. E-mails are no exception to this, and Office 365 migration can be a messy proces...

27 Jul 2020
Information Security
Jimmy Fong

What have we learned about fraud prevention during the Covid-19 outbreak?

The Covid-19 outbreak has forced the retail industry to adapt to different ways of operating, as physical stores and highstreets close for business and many turned to online trading to stay afloat dur...

02 Jun 2020
Information Security
Tamas Kadar

Choosing the right fraud models during the COVID-19 outbreak

The Covid-19 outbreak has meant that industries across the board have had to adapt to different ways of operating while countries around the world are in lockdown. From a fraud perspective, companies ...

02 Jun 2020
Information Security
Jim Steven

How COVID-19 is evolving the data breach communication process

Covid-19 is at the forefront of business minds right now, with many tasking themselves with understanding, reacting to and learning lessons from this ever-changing situation. However, although busines...

07 May 2020
Information Security
Scott Cutler

Putting a price on protection: the importance of cyber insurance

For almost as long as businesses have been subject to risk, some form of insurance has existed to mitigate their exposure. The first recorded commercial insurance policies date back to Babylonian tim...

23 Mar 2020
Information Security
Paul Hampton

Securing customer data in a digital world filled with threats

On New Year’s Eve 2019, hackers struck foreign exchange giant Travelex and held them to ransom. The London headquartered firm with a presence in more than 70 countries, were forced to take down all it...

10 Mar 2020
Information Security
Vivek Anand Jeyaraj

Security 2020 - Fixing the link that risks breaking the chain

In 2015, two hackers, albeit in a controlled environment, hacked into a Jeep Cherokee through the entertainment system and disabled the transmission. This led to a recall of over 1.4 million vehicles ...

31 Jan 2020
Information Security
Scott Cutler

Three’s a crowd: why third-party vendors are both an opportunity and a threat

From social media apps to exercise tracking and online shopping, today consumers are producing data at an unprecedented rate and businesses of every type are under pressure to ensure the safety of tha...

18 Dec 2019
Information Security

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