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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: How financial institutions can stay safe and secure online

Abrigo

It’s the time of the year when we celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a global initiative to raise awareness and educate people about the importance of staying safe and secure online. Launched to provide resources Cybersecurity Awareness Month was launched in 2004 by the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) and the U.S.

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How To Do Better Against National Bank Lending Competition

South State Correspondent

Many existing community bank customers and prospects are also national bank customers. There are now many online, nationally-focused lenders that are capable of an entire virtual relationship. Scale, security, and innovation are all linked to better information technology design and implementation.

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Businesses Re-Evaluate Web Security After Attacks On US Government Sites 

PYMNTS

Treasury and Commerce departments are unable to protect their digital databases, lesser organizations would be seemingly hard-pressed to prevent similar security breaches. That software was released earlier this year, between March and June. Justice Department, National Security Agency and the White House.

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Data Security Needs National Standards, Panelists Tell House Subcommittee

PYMNTS

In the wake of breaches that have compromised the data of millions of Americans and companies as far-flung as Equifax and Uber, industry observers and participants told a House subcommittee on Wednesday that data security should be standardized at a national level.

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Who’s Responsible For IoT Security?

PYMNTS

Promising as intelligence of things (IoT) solutions are, though, security has been a stumbling block. The June IoT Tracker explores the latest advancements in IoT security and new applications of smart technology. According to the tracker, the global IoT security market is expected to increase by a 35.5

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Banking Computer-Security Incident Notification Requirements Take Effect

Abrigo

New Rule Outlines Computer-Security Incident Notification Obligations for Banks Financial institutions and their service providers should prepare to meet new computer-security notice requirements by May 1, 2022. . Computer-security incident notifications required. Expand and Clarify. What are the new notification requirements?

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Hackers Employed By China Infiltrate Norwegian Software Company Visma

PYMNTS

Hackers employed by the Chinese government were able to get into the network of Visma, a Norwegian software company, to steal client secrets. Visma, the business software maker that has more than 900,000 corporate companies in Scandinavia and parts of Europe, said the attack was detected shortly after the hackers got into Visma’s systems.

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