He was the world's first Chief Information Security Officer, and for over 25 years now he has been a true banking/security leader.
Stephen Katz, former CISO at Citigroup, now founder and President of Security Risk Solutions, an information security company providing consulting and advisory services, sat down with...
Physical Security -- it's often described as the "forgotten side of security" at some financial institutions, and yet it is a key element of an overall protection strategy.
And because the physical aspect plays a role in so many facets of security, from preventing bank robberies to foiling inside threats, risk...
Background checks are increasingly conducted by financial institutions for all levels of employees. What are some of the tips to use and traps to avoid when screening job candidates? Editorial Director Tom Field recently spoke with Les Rosen, President and CEO of Employment Screening Resources, a specialist in...
If there's one single notion common to financial institutions of all sizes, it is confidence -the need to have shared trust with employees, partners and especially customers. Without this confidence, banking institutions cannot succeed.
And if there's one common theme emerging from the inaugural State of Banking...
Employee background checks - they're the first line of defense against the insider threat. And increasingly financial institutions are performing these investigations - or outsourcing them - as a means of screening applicants for jobs involving access to sensitive information of transactions.
The key driver behind...
Earlier this month, a criminal posed as Barclays Bank chairman Marcus Agius to get a Barclayscard from call center processing staff. Armed with the new card, he then walked into a London Barclays branch and withdrew 10,000 pounds. The criminal may have obtained personal details about the chairman online to get the...
Tucked away in the rolling hills just south of Lexington, KY is the farming community of Mt. Vernon, KY. Dennis Weiskircher, IT Manager and Security Officer at Citizens Bank www.citizensbankrb.comhere, has seen his share of Social Engineering scams.
"I find it surprising how many smaller banks are being targeted by...
If 2007 is any indication, then 2008 is going to be a wild year for financial institutions facing a slew of risk management issues.
Hanging like the sword of Damocles above all is the subprime mortgage crisis, which sees institutions looking for ways to avoid foreclosures and challenges surrounding underwriting....
In the news on almost any given day you will find a story on a bank or credit union that has lost confidential data due to a security breach. Substantial coverage is also given to the latest laws and regulations that govern these financial institutions and protect them in taking measures to safeguard against data...
Most companies -- increasingly small to mid-size financial institutions -- outsource work at some point or the other, to some place or another.
But what about risks and rewards?
What Does Security Leadership Entail?
Information Security Media Group (ISMG) publishers of BankInfoSecurity.com and
CUInfosecurity.com, recently posed this and other questions to Debbie Wheeler, Chief
Information Security Officer for Fifth Third Bancorp. In her current role she is responsible
for...
"I wonder what it would be like to go home at 5 PM today?" says Bruce Coffing, an information
security officer responsible for identity and access management at LaSalle Bank, a large
Midwestern bank ($113 billion in assets) serving individuals and businesses with over 400 branch
locations. He cannot recall the...
Mark Bernard is the Security & Privacy Officer at Credit Union Central of British Columbia. In this podcast he talks about risk management and ISO 27001 Certification
Mark Bernard has extensive experience in the IT security industry, both in the US and Canada. He is currently the Security and Privacy Officer for...
Best-Practices for Getting Across the Right Messages
The board members at a financial institution are responsible for oversight and implementation of a sound security program, including the overall guidance and direction of setting a cultural value related to risk awareness, driving policy and strategy, defining a...
Expertise and Interactivity Key to Developing a Collaborative Security Education ProgramThe perspective on information security changed forever on September 11, 2001. From being a check box response on a training attendee sheet or just a mandatory requirement, security training awareness education has today...
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