Links tagged “cybersecurity”

Comptroller of the Currency, Thomas J. Curry, discussed the rising issue of cyber threats and what financial institutions can do to combat these threats, stating that “All of these risks are manageable, but they must be well understood and they must be managed.” [11/10/14]

According to a recent cybersecurity assessment, the FFIEC recommends participation in the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC). The FS-ISAC provides an information-sharing forum to aid institutions in the process of identifying, responding to, and mitigating threats of cybersecurity. [11/4/14]

Bitcoin has gotten a lot of bad press, but strip away the currency aspect and look at the technology behind Bitcoin. What you'll see if the first internet protocol for storing and exchanging value. Bitcoin was built for the internet. Current cybersecurity measures are really just patches on today's financial system that wasn't designed for the internet. [11/4/14]

Big banks with deep pockets for cyber defense are coming up lacking against hacker attacks. Reason for concern? "I worry that we're going to have some sort of major cyber event in the financial system that's going to cause us all to shudder," said NY's top regulator. [10/31/14]

ABA offers consumers 8 tips for protecting themselves from cybercrime, the latest tip sheet during National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. [10/29/14]

A Norwegian company has developed a prototype of a credit card that authenticates the user via a built-in fingerprint sensor. The card would not need an on-card battery by harvesting energy from payment terminals. [10/23/14]

The NCUA has released its October Report, with articles ranging in topics from cyber security to student loans, and everything between. The full report is available here. [10/22/14]

ABA offers five ways small business customers can protect themselves from corporate account takeover in this latest Cybersecurity Awareness Month installment. [10/22/14]