With the FSA warning of mafia gangs infiltrating British banks, Brian Contos, CISSP chief security officer, ArcSight, looks at the remedies available for repelling the insidious insider threat.
Unification of financial analysis across the business is fast becoming an essential pre-requisite for efficient and profitable banking, says Dr Jurg Winter, CEO, Iris integrated risk management AG.
Barry Kislingbury, global product manager for financial messaging at Misys Banking Systems, examines how new mandates and initiatives are shaping Europe's banking future and how technology has, as ever, a crucial role to play.
Cameron Khan, a partner with The Nexion Partnership, looks at the strategic possibilities opening up to banks from developments in virtualisation technology.
During the last decades we have seen several technology revolutions. The 1980's introduced the personal computer, the 1990's the internet and the 2000's the iPod. Chris Skinner ponders the next wave of technological innovation and its likely impact on the banking community.
What can Amazon teach the banking community? Plenty, says Jim Sterne.
Ian Pratley, head of Emea sales and marketing at ValidSoft urges banks to take a flexible approach to authentication based on risk assessment at an individual user, transaction and channel level.
Consumer complacency and poor security education breed ideal conditions for identity theft and fraud says Nigel Moden, retail banking partner at Unisys.
Asset Control's David Hirschfield explores the benefits of selective outsourcing of reference data management
Measuring the value of technology investments is never easy, but it is becoming increasingly essential, argues Chris Skinner.
IP-based technology is key to the evolution of the retail branch network, says Peter Richards, head of marketing, BT finance industry solutions.
What are the lessons of Katrina and Rita for capital markets asks Mike Brennan, partner CSC Consulting Group.