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The cyber security threat landscape in financial services

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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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DHS Says SEC Computers Have Five Critical Cyber Security Weaknesses

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Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the news service reported the DHS had identified five “critical” cyber security weaknesses on the SEC’s computing systems as of the end of January. It’s not clear which weaknesses the DHS found on the SEC computer systems, Reuters noted.

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Proposed new cyber security regulations will be a huge undertaking for financial institutions

Celent Banking

New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDSF) is one step closer to releasing cyber security regulations aided by the largest security hacking breach in history, against JP Morgan Chase. Mandated training of security will be required. Systems operations and availability concerns. Customer data privacy.

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DataVisor Launches Partner Program To Help Fraud-Proof Larger Businesses

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Cybersecurity and fraud protection company DataVisor , which uses artificial intelligence to help with fraud solutions, has launched a program called ExtenD, with the intention of helping medium to larger businesses with their cybersecurity and fraud needs, the company said in a press release.

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TeleSign Offers New iOS Capabilities For App Verify, Protects From Fraud

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According to a press release , App Verify for iOS allows mobile app developers to streamline the onboarding account verification process to assist with increasing conversions and providing cyber security and identity assurance from fraud.

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KPMG: How AI Defense Can Counter Faster Payments Fraud

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Such a scenario stands as a terrifying example of not only the sophistication of criminals, but also the threat of fraud in a real-time payments environment. Ron Plesco, principal of Cyber Security, and Bob Ruark, principal of Banking and Financial Services Strategy and KPMG’s FinTech leader in the U.S. Holistic Defense.

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Central Bank Of Sri Lanka Looks To Build KYC System On Blockchain Tech

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29, requesting tech companies who can build a “proof of concept” shared KYC system that would allow commercial banks and the central government to share and update customer data on a blockchain. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has a call out for tech companies that can help it develop a blockchain-based know-your-customer (KYC) platform.