Because of the economic conditions, risks to organizations - from the inside and out - are at a critical high. Risk managers at public and private organizations are forced to make careful decisions on how to invest scarce resources.
In an exclusive interview, Joe Restoule, President of the Risk and Insurance...
Regulatory compliance is the backbone of a financial institution's information security program. But compliance alone isn't enough, says John Pironti of ISACA's Education Board, who advises institutions to take a risk-based, not a "checklist-based" approach to security.
In an exclusive interview, Pironti...
Interview with Jody Westby, Adjunct Distinguished Fellow at CyLab and CEO at Global Cyber Risk
At a time when risks are high and consumer confidence is low, corporate boards of directors aren't paying nearly enough attention to information security and cyber threats.
This is the key takeaway from a new Carnegie...
Information security will be among the top 10 business drivers for retail financial institutions in 2009, says a leading research firm. Along with the current economic environment, regulatory change and compliance, financial institutions will face challenges in developing short- and long-term strategies to mitigate...
Internal auditing has always been a key function within financial systems, and it becomes even more so when it comes to IT and information security.
In this exclusive interview, David Richards, President of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), discusses:
The key differences between internal and IT...
Insider threat is a growing criminal activity, and given economic conditions there is a high risk of this fraud occurring -- especially in the event of banks merging, being acquired and employees being laid off.
What steps can financial institutions take to safeguard themselves from the insider threat? To fully...
A managed security service provider (MSSP) is a vendor company that focuses in taking care of the business applications or services that other organizations outsource for a variety of reasons. Many of these services are provided via the internet and cover such tasks as IT services, remote data backup, network...
Interview with David Richards, President of the Institute of Internal Auditors
Internal auditing has always been a key function within financial systems, and it becomes even more so when it comes to IT and information security.
In this exclusive interview, David Richards, President of the Institute of Internal...
Howard Schmidt, a recognized information security thought leader, offers exclusive insights as new president of the Information Security Forum.
Schmidt, a household name in information security circles since his days as CISO and information security leader at Microsoft and eBay, discusses the global war against...
When I started this job a year ago and reached out to banking/security leaders, the overwhelming message I got was "Security awareness - we don't do it well."
For banking institution employees, maybe there was an information security training seminar when they first started. Or an occasional workshop on identity...
Governance is a term increasingly used in financial institutions, as banking/security leaders try to introduce new processes and disciplines to their organizations.
In this exclusive interview, Jennifer Bayuk, an information security specialist and former CISO at Bear Stearns & Co., discusses:
What governance...
In the face of regulatory requirements and emerging security threats, banking institutions must consider the policies and procedures necessary for proper retention of audit reports, papers and logs.
Register for this webinar for an overview of the contractual, legal and regulatory compliance requirements for...
Planning for disaster - whether a simple service disruption or a pandemic event - is paramount to any financial institution. But where does the responsibility fall?
Roger Batsel, SVP, Managing Director of Information Systems at Republic Bank, Louisville, KY., says it's time to separate duties: Let IT handle system...
The clear message from banking regulators in their Senate testimony is: Banks are hurting.
The follow-up question is: Exactly how badly are they hurting, and how will their pain trickle down to impact information security programs and priorities?
Interview with Nalneesh Gaur, Chief Information Security Architect, Diamond Management & Technology Consultants
Mergers and acquisitions are a way of life for financial institutions, and so many pertinent business issues bubble up whenever an M&A is discussed.
But when does information security enter the...
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