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Four themes to get right in 2020: Libor, SFTR, cyber security and market equivalence

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As is traditional this time of year, our good intentions of new year resolutions fade to what we might expect to be dominant themes in 2020, and it has to be said that if certain plans are not yet well advanced you might want to get to it. In 2018 I wrote about the impending move away.

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Today In Data: True Digital Security May Not Happen Because Of Cyber Crime

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Digital security may just be a pipe dream that society will always be chasing. With each new digitally infused product or service that opens up to the public, new doors to new weakness and cyber crime open up as well. Here are the numbers: 31 percent | Percentage plunge in SWIFT stock following $81 million Bangladesh cyber heist. $31

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Experts: US House Examines Legislative Actions To Combat Cybercriminals

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But Kellerman and other security experts advocated at the hearing for legislative measures, such as modernizing anti-money laundering (AML) and forfeiture rules and moving the Secret Service to the Treasury Department, to help combat the threat. However, he noted that the move could negatively impact morale at DHS.

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Will 5G Be Secure Enough During Early Deployments?

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As retailers, payments providers and consumers prepare for the coming 5G world, there remain concerns about how well that mobile network technology will protect consumer privacy and security. 5G Security Holes? As well, the 21-page report found that 5G “security goals are underspecified,” among other problems. Government Role?

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Leader Of Russian Cybercrime Ring Pleads Guilty

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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre found a wave of cyberattacks taking advantage of COVID-19 in the U.S. As of March 2017, the Justice Department said there were 10,901 registered members of the group which perpetrated $2.2 In April, a joint study by the U.S.

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Bitcoin Daily: ‘DeFi' Becomes Popular Crypto Rebranding Term; G7 Expresses Concern Over Ransomware

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DeFi, which is also known as “decentralized finance,” has been included in an increasing wave of business promotions in 2020, Bloomberg reported. An operating system that has been active for a minimum of three years, Tron , recently issued a DeFi token.

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Two Cyber Security Investments With a Silver Lining

Banking 2020

It’s clear that cyber threats and identity theft tactics are getting smarter, and that banks need to amp up their security practices to combat this evolution. Financial institutions have the opportunity to make security investments that also increase their ROI. But, with these threats comes a silver lining.