Gov. Nikki Haley realizes the potential political consequences of a breach, which explains why she held three press conferences on three consecutive days to address her administration's response to a computer breach of the state's tax IT system.
A wave of distributed denial of service attacks on banks raises the question: Should the owners of the nation's critical information infrastructure, when assessing risk, be held to a higher standard because society relies on them to function?
Amidst the hepatitis C outbreak at Exeter Hospital in New Hampshire, we need to ask: How could this happen? How could a medical technician even be hired after being fired at least twice by other hospitals?
Security personnel should be required to prove not only that they know how to do things right, but also that they know how to do the right thing. They must demonstrate commitment to ethical behavior.
How well do U.S. financial institutions conform to the FFIEC Authentication Guidance? One regulatory agency discusses the state of conformance and what its examiners have learned from institutions.
IT security expert Francoise Gilbert says the FFIEC's new resource document on cloud computing understates the risks all banking institutions should consider. What areas is she most concerned about?
A lingering legal dispute over a corporate account takeover incident at escrow company Village View has finally come to a close. Find out more about the details of the case and the settlement.
Israel's intelligence agency supervises commercial banks' IT systems because they're considered part of the critical national infrastructure, and that's okay with the bankers. See why.
The statistics revealed in the ACFE's new 2012 Report on Occupational Fraud and Abuse are all very real. Here are my insights on occupational fraud and steps leaders can take to detect these crimes.
Application security is driving demand for highly skilled consultants. It's a challenging profession, and I've broken out five key skills that will distinguish you in the field.
Dollars lost of fraud are one measure of an incident's impact. But the "soft" costs - loss of reputation and productivity - are the ones that most get the attention of Terry Austin of Guardian Analytics.
Too many banks and credit unions are being narrow-minded in their approaches to FFIEC Authentication Guidance conformance, by focusing on commercial accounts and neglecting retail accounts, one ACH fraud attorney says.
Ignorance is not bliss. Two new studies, when viewed together, show that consumers' ignorance of the consequences of their actions coupled with enterprises' unawareness of their computing environment equal unacceptable risk.
Cybersecurity Act sponsors intensify their campaign to enact the legislation that would change the way the government protects critical federal and private-sector IT networks as a group of key Republican senators offers an alternative bill.
In the PATCO Construction fraud case, attorney David Navetta says the court failed to address two key concerns: reasonable security and good faith. What's next in PATCO's ongoing legal battle?
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