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Does Occupy Wall Street Stand A Chance of Rising Again?
November 15, 2011 @ 12:55 PM | By Melanie Rodier

A look at what protesters now need to do.

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Insider Fraud: Watch Out, Your Bank Could Be The Next One To Lose Billions
October 04, 2011 @ 14:32 PM | By Melanie Rodier

Worryingly, once an incident has occurred, it takes organizations an average of 89 days to discover it.

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UBS Scandal Polarizes Opinions On What Went Wrong
September 21, 2011 @ 06:38 AM | By Melanie Rodier

UBS is still giving out only a trickle of information about what actually might have happened.

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UBS's $2 Bln Rogue Trader Loss Shines Embarrassing Spotlight On Risk Controls
September 15, 2011 @ 12:33 PM | By Melanie Rodier

A US$2 billion miss in equities trading is inexcusable.

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Reacting to Steve Jobs Departure: An Amazing Ride
August 25, 2011 @ 12:27 PM | By Ivy Schmerken

Pundits are speculating on Apples' future under new CEO Tim Cook, and whether Apple can continue the steady stream of hit products.

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You've Been Hacked! Now Learn Their Latest Tricks
August 02, 2011 @ 12:24 PM | By Melanie Rodier

Here are 3 ways your organization - and probably even your personal computer - is likely to have been hacked, without you even realizing.

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IMF: As If It Didn't Have Enough To Worry About, Now Suffers Huge Hack Attack
June 13, 2011 @ 11:02 AM | By Melanie Rodier

After the Dominique Strauss Kahn scandal, the last thing the IMF needed was to once again be in the news for all the wrong reasons.

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U.S. Banks Wildly Unprepared For Japan-Type Disaster
March 17, 2011 @ 09:42 AM | By Melanie Rodier

A large number of organizations are still not confident that their data will be restored completely within hours of a disaster, according to a survey.

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Beware: Hackers Now Targeting Your Social Network And SmartPhones
January 19, 2011 @ 11:22 AM | By Melanie Rodier

The security firm Sophos released its annual Security Threat Report, revealing that hackers are now gaining access to accounts and computers through social networks and mobile phones.

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How to Hide Your Computer Tracks at Work
February 12, 2010 @ 10:15 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney

This video shows you how to hide your computer tracks at work.

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Investment Bankers: CIA Wants You
May 29, 2009 @ 07:14 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney

The CIA is recruiting investment bankers and other Wall Street types.

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Watch Out for the Conficker Worm
March 31, 2009 @ 10:04 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney

CNET's Natali Del Conte shares tips with Maggie Rodriguez about the April 1 ''Conficker'' worm, which could steal financial information and other data from computers.

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Financial Workers Regularly Forget USB Sticks at Dry Cleaners
January 26, 2009 @ 11:16 AM | By Melanie Rodier

As data loss reaches an all time high, a new survey shows financial workers in the UK are regularly forgetting USB sticks at the dry cleaners.

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The Overlooked Challenge of Data Security in an M&A
November 17, 2008 @ 17:06 PM | By Melanie Rodier

M&As in the financial industry have come fast and furious over the last couple months, each one raising multiple challenges for the companies involved. A vital, but easily overlooked one, is data security. When companies are in the midst of an M&A, how do they protect their customers' confidential data?

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To Avoid Data Breaches, Firms Need to Improve Detective Controls
August 21, 2008 @ 11:38 AM | By Melanie Rodier

Firms seem to understand the importance of preventative controls, such as having firewalls and access control lists, but they lack a good grasp of detective controls, says Tony Hernandez, managing director at SMART Business Advisory and Consulting.

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Investment Firm's Massive Data Breach Caused by File-Sharing
July 10, 2008 @ 16:36 PM | By Melanie Rodier

A data breach at an investment firm has thrown the spotlight on the dangers of allowing employees to use popular online file-sharing software such as LimeWire, after an incident saw an employee use the service to trade music or a movie, and unwittingly expose his organization's entire database to potential criminals.

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Merrill, NYSE Execs Talk about IT Security
June 17, 2008 @ 17:12 PM | By Melanie Rodier

Internal threats, particularly where company employees from different departments collaborate over a long period of time to defraud the firm - are proving to be the biggest security headache for financial firms, a conference at the New York Stock Exchange heard on Tuesday.

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How Secure is India?
May 14, 2008 @ 08:46 AM | By Melanie Rodier

The study, carried out by Singapore-based software company ReadiMinds, also found that over 57% of banks do not have a dedicated budget for online security, which is still considered part of the overall IT budget.

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Sophisticated Web Attacks Force Banks to Re-Think
April 23, 2008 @ 15:51 PM | By Melanie Rodier

The sophistication of increasingly widespread fraudulent techniques such as Man-in-the-Browser attacks are forcing financial institutions to re-assess how they fight electronic fraud.

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Could Lehman Bros have prevented latest fraud?
March 31, 2008 @ 17:49 PM | By Melanie Rodier

Lehman Bros has filed a lawsuit against Marubeni Corp., the Japanese trading giant, responsible for defrauding the New York-based investment bank out of US$352 million through a scam carried out by two rogue employees. Could it have stopped the fraud?

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