Opinions

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  Larry Tabb
  Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:50:08 -0500
  We lived through 9/11. We lived through the London, Madrid and Bali bombings, too. Now al-Qaeda wants to destroy our financial technology infrastructure by launching a cyber attack against our online banking and stock trading infrastructure. Luckily, nothing came of this early December event, but we certainly need to be prepared for future attacks.
• Tony Soprano and My Social Security Number
  We live in a world of trust. We want to believe that everyone is good, and Ozzie and Harriet live next door. Unfortunately this world does not exist -- especially online.
• Growing Pains
  During the bearish economy after the dot-com bubble burst, information technologists were faced with a grim job market - jobs were hard to find, partially as a result of offshore outsourcing, and the ones that were available paid significantly less than jobs at the height of the boom.
• Innovation Dilemma
  When you think of the securities and investments industry, of what do you think?
• Redefining Risk
  It wasn't long ago that risk management implied VaR (value at risk) and ERM (enterprise risk management).

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  Gregory MacSweeney
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