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

PYMNTS

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 bank made the announcement on its website on Nov.

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Big data analytics and cybersecurity take center-stage in payments systems

Accenture

Sibos 2015 in Singapore brought them into sharp focus – specifically: Big Data Analytics, Cyber-security, Bank & FinTech Hubs, Cryptocurrencies/Blockchain Technology, Trade Finance and APIs. Some big themes dominate Payments today, and each is likely to endure for many years. Read more.

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4 considerations for banking leaders concerned about cyber security

NCR

For example, social engineering through phishing e-mails is one of the main causes of cyber breaches to an organization’s systems. Evaluation of risk also includes understanding potential exposure around the cybersecurity policies and systems of all vendors and third-party partners. Cyber Incident Response Plan.

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FirstBank hired hackers to breach its systems. It took them three years.

American Banker

The bank's chief information security officer shared why it took so long for the hackers to get in, what worked during the exercise and what didn't.

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Louisiana School Cyberattacks Trigger State Of Emergency

PYMNTS

The Sabine Parish School System was hit with an electronic virus early Sunday morning,” reads a statement on the school district’s website, according to CNBC. This virus has disabled some of our technology systems and our central office phone system. Federal law enforcement is helping in the investigation.

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Indian Gov’t Drafts Plan For National Blockchain Applications

PYMNTS

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has identified Blockchain Technology as one of the important research areas having application potential in different domains such as Governance, Banking & Finance, Cyber Security and so on,” wrote Sanjay Dhotre. India has been embracing blockchain technology.