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Business partner and vendor security issues
- May 21, 2010
21 May'10
Bank of America hires former DHS cybersecurity chief
Gregory Garcia will head the bank's cybersecurity and identity management partnerships.
- October 05, 2009
05 Oct'09
Don't forget the cleaning crew in your vendor management program
Banks often overlook non-IT vendors in their vendor management program, putting their organization and customers' data at risk, experts say
- June 15, 2009
15 Jun'09
Download presentations from Financial Information Security Decisions 2009
Download a number of the compelling presentations from the 2009 Financial Information Security Decisions conference.
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- March 16, 2009
16 Mar'09
Shared Assessments aims to ease third-party security evaluations
Evaluating service provider controls can take a lot of time and effort, but the Shared Assessments program aims to give financial institutions and other organizations a way to streamline...
- February 11, 2009
11 Feb'09
Financial firms focus on internal threats, employee errors
Data protection, information leakage and identity and access management were a top priority for financial industry CISOs, according to a new survey.
- January 28, 2009
28 Jan'09
Credit unions, banks replace credit cards after Heartland breach
Financial institutions notify customers and reissue or block payment cards affected by the intrusion at payment processor.
- June 10, 2008
10 Jun'08
Financial Information Security Decisions 2008: Presentation downloads
Download a number of the fascinating presentations from the 2008 Financial Information Security Decisions conference.
- May 30, 2008
30 May'08
State Street breach highlights encryption limits, vendor due diligence
State Street encrypted its data, but a contractor unencrypted it and lost the disk drive containing the information on thousands of accounts.
- January 18, 2008
18 Jan'08
Missing backup tape prompts identity theft fears for JC Penney customers
The personal information of about 650,000 customers was put at risk after a backup tape, stored at a warehouse run by Iron Mountain Inc., disappeared.
- January 14, 2008
14 Jan'08
The security risks of extending access to outside software providers
Expert Joel Dubin explains the dangers of providing a third-party with access to your organization's systems.
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- January 08, 2008
08 Jan'08
Addressing a bussines's partners weak data security policies
In this Q&A, security management pro Mike Rothman explains how to respond to a business partner's weak data security policies.