Winn Schwartau says the BlackBerry disruption this past week (see BlackBerry Disruptions: Where to Start?) hit at the heart of one of the fundamentals of IT security: availability.
The disruption of text messaging and Web browsing for BlackBerry customers opens up issues of company transparency and business continuity. How should the company have responded?
As employers increasingly realize the importance of information risk management, security, audit and governance, they look to certifications to identify prospective employees.
Benjamin Franklin. Thomas Edison. Henry Ford. If there were a Mount Rushmore of great inventors, it wouldn't be out of line to imagine Steve Jobs' face carved into the stone.
"Organizations are putting in layers of security and tools to safeguard information and assets, however, the fraudsters are attacking our weakest link, the consumer," says Anthony Vitale of Patelco Credit Union.
"With a company-issued device, you can issue a policy that says users have no rights of privacy over information on the device," says Javelin's Tom Wills. But with employee-owned devices? A whole new set of issues.
The threat landscape has evolved, and India's banking institutions must grow their information security strategies, says Anand Naik of Symantec, which just released a report that offers a new security agenda to institutions.
Elayne Starkey recently gave up her BlackBerry for an iPhone, and uses the Apple mobile device for personal and work doings, securely connecting to the computer system of her employer, the state of Delaware.
Successful wire fraud attacks cause losses averaging between $100,000 to 200,000 per victim. So, it's not surprising that banks are being sued by business customers for alleged failures to prevent fraud via ACH.
When it comes to mobile banking, which do you believe is the greater security risk: the latest evolution of malware or continued bad behavior by the end user? Experts' answers may surprise you.
In October, the Department of Veterans Affairs will launch a go-slow approach to enabling physicians and others to use Apple iPhones and iPads for limited purposes.
Discussing Verizon's new report on the state of PCI compliance, PCI expert Jen Mack says payment card security today is "disappointing," and global merchants are at serious risk of new data breaches.
Fraud is winning in the fight against cybercrime. Why? Because financial institutions continue to rely on ineffective technology and controls, says fraud analyst Tom Wills says.
As smartphone usage grows, so do emerging threats of mobile malware. When it comes to mobile banking security, financial institutions can only do so much. Security solutions will have to come from mobile vendors, says ENISA's Giles Hogben.
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