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The cyber security threat landscape in financial services

Insights on Business

Gary Meshell, WW Leader Financial Services, IBM Security, opened his IBM Think 2019 talk, How Financial Services Companies Should Respond to Cyber Security Attacks with a bold assertion and truism. IBM and TD Bank jointly developed cyber security incident response solution for the financial services industry.

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Indian Gov’t Drafts Plan For National Blockchain Applications

PYMNTS

India’s Minister of state for electronics and IT (MeitY) has announced that the government is drafting a national framework to expand the deployment of blockchain use cases. Dhotre added that the government is drafting an approach paper on the National Level Blockchain Framework.

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FBI Charges Russian National With Running Online Hacker Marketplace

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A Russian national believed to be behind the Deer.io and verified that it was legitimate hacked user data, not fake information. shop to sell data from Myspace and LinkedIn users. service, which lets hackers advertise and sell stolen information, has been arrested by the FBI, according to published reports Tuesday (March 10).

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SMBs Severely Underestimate Data Breach Costs

PYMNTS

It’s National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and industry leaders are zeroing in on some of the most vulnerable targets of cyber scams: small businesses. As lawmakers ponder this risk, PYMNTS highlights some of the newest data points uncovered by researchers examining small business cybersecurity.

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Glitch At National Bank of Canada Exposes Personal Information

PYMNTS

The National Bank of Canada, the sixth largest lender in Canada, has become the latest high-profile firm to announce a data breach. According to a report in Reuters , the National Bank of Canada said Thursday (Sept. The revelation on the part of National Bank of Canada comes as consumers in the U.S.

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Four Steps for Managing Third-Party Cyber Security Risk

FICO

What data is shared with the supplier? The first step is determining whether additional information is needed to assess cyber risk. Here, the firm may elect to set a score threshold — or a set of thresholds based on categorization and impact — to determine whether additional data is required. Where does the vendor operate (e.g.,

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4 considerations for banking leaders concerned about cyber security

NCR

With that comes the need to protect the data associated with all types of banking transactions. Cyber security leaders need to move beyond the offices of the IT department and engage in regular and structured interactions with the CEO and other executive leaders.