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Experts: US House Examines Legislative Actions To Combat Cybercriminals

PYMNTS

Additionally, Kellerman called for a tax credit to encourage firms in the financial vertical to set aside 10 percent of their information technology (IT) budgets at a minimum toward cybersecurity. However, he noted that the move could negatively impact morale at DHS.

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Two Cyber Security Investments With a Silver Lining

Banking 2020

The technology protects everything from online transactions and network remote access to social media, personal and business information. Keystroke encryption software encrypts data instantly at the point of origin, when someone types on his or her keyboard.

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Will 5G Be Secure Enough During Early Deployments?

PYMNTS

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. And that’s why some researchers and mobile technology observers are sounding what amounts to preemptive alarm about 5G. 5G Security Holes?

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TRENDING: Putting IT Professionals Through Cyberattack Boot Camp

PYMNTS

The new team will focus on developing a framework to study and find opportunities to improve the faster payments system, with the goal of delivering changes by 2020. The Department of Homeland Security observes October as National Cyber Security Awareness Month.

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Our Scams Model Just Won an Award for Machine Learning

FICO

Credit & Collections Technology Awards recognize our scams model with the award for Machine Learning - here's why. As scams grow worldwide – scams grew by 30% in two years in the UK and by 18% from 2020 to 2021 in the US – financial services institutions are looking for new tools to detect and stop them. Saxon Shirley. by Scott Zoldi.

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Making omni-channel a reality – part 6: An ongoing strategy

NCR

Technology marches on – will you? As my omni-channel whitepaper makes clear, such is the pace of change and evolution in the banking technology sector that what is seen as cutting-edge today will be treated as a bare minimum in just a few short years. Leading up to 2020, radically transformed bank models will emerge.

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Bolstering Cyber Resilience in the Financial Services Industry: Part One

Cisco

At the same time, customer confidence and trust on financial services firms will be put to the test as sophisticated cyber-attacks continue to target the firm’s digital products and services infrastructures as well as remote workers. 1) Secure by Design. 2) Cisco Zero Trust.

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