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Who Was Really Behind The Twitter Hack That Wiped Out $136 Billion?
April 25, 2013 @ 09:54 AM | By Melanie Rodier
While the Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility for the attack, the FBI, SEC and CFTC are now investigating the hack.
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4 Ways To Stop Twitter Hacks That Swing The Markets
April 24, 2013 @ 14:03 PM | By Melanie Rodier
The fake AP tweet this week left traders and quants scratching their heads over their vulnerability to breaking news on social media.
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Dimon Talks Cybersecurity With Obama
March 13, 2013 @ 12:57 PM | By Melanie Rodier
Part of the discussion will focus on getting C-level execs to take threats seriously.
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Risk Vs Innovation: 5 Steps To Finding the Right Balance
February 28, 2013 @ 12:09 PM | By Melanie Rodier
With low budgets and low tolerance for risk, firms that want to forge ahead need to strike the right balance between innovation and risk.
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Trading Glitch Hits Nasdaq And Other Exchanges Again
October 04, 2012 @ 13:17 PM | By Melanie Rodier
A number of exchanges, including Nasdaq, are at the center of another trading error.
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Why Kill Switches Won’t Kill Risk
October 03, 2012 @ 13:29 PM | By Melanie Rodier
TD Ameritrade CTO Lou Steinberg says he is wary of using systemic kill switches and even less comfortable with the concept of automated kill switches.
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Will New Regulation Mark the End of HFT in Europe?
September 25, 2012 @ 13:45 PM | By Melanie Rodier
Germany and other EU countries are aiming to push through legislation that will rein in high-frequency trading. But are they looking at the right issue?
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The Geo-Political Knowledge And Expert Skills Needed to Combat Hacktivist Attacks
September 19, 2012 @ 15:16 PM | By Melanie Rodier
You have to know your attacker - and your security staff, a security consultant says.
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The Holy Grail of Cloud Computing – Maintaining Data Confidentiality
September 05, 2012 @ 13:20 PM | By Gilad Parann-Nissany- SAP
Whether a financial institution enters a public or private cloud, data privacy and confidentiality are top concerns. A financial application (or a service) must be protected, and true privacy must be maintained, says SAP's Gilad Parann-Nissany.
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Post-Knight: Can You Really Manage Technology Risk?
September 04, 2012 @ 12:46 PM | By Melanie Rodier
MIT professor Andrew Lo recently argued that the financial industry needs to develop more advanced technology to avoid the technology glitches that have recently hit Knight Capital, Nasdaq and BATS. We asked two experts, Sang Lee of Aite Group and Dr Howard Rubin of Rubin Worldwide, to weigh in on the issue.
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Was Knight’s Fiasco Really a Wall Street Success Story?
August 09, 2012 @ 12:18 PM | By Melanie Rodier
A New York Times article suggests the Knight $440 million software error showed how well the markets work. But some industry insiders disagree.
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Knight Capital Fiasco: Where Were The Risk Controls?
August 01, 2012 @ 18:02 PM | By Melanie Rodier
The incident, which caused stock to swing more than 10 percent in early trading on Wednesday, was entirely preventable, experts say.
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Why The CEP Market Will Hit $276m In 2013
April 16, 2012 @ 12:37 PM | By Melanie Rodier
The market for CEP is still booming as firms discover a growing number of applications for the technology.
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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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