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Proposed Amendments to Regulation S-P Safeguard & Disposal Rules: Risk Mitigation and Compliance Solutions for Organizations Falling Under SEC Rules
White Paper The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) currently has a series of Safeguards and Disposal Rules (Section 30a of Regulation S-P) that requires institutions to adopt written policies and procedures to safeguard customer records and... [13 Nov 2009]
Institutional Identity Theft
White Paper Identity theft is a catch-all term for crimes involving illegal usage of another individual's identity. The most common form of identity theft is credit card fraud. Identity theft is often looked at as an individual's problem. [13 Nov 2009]
A Comprehensive Study of Financial Data Security Breaches in the United States - 2008
White Paper New laws and regulations regarding data security breaches and disclosure laws affect the way in which financial institutions do business. This study provides a review of the scope and impact of data security breaches in the financial... [13 Nov 2009]
Will Facebook Get You Hired or Fired?
White Paper Phishing is a common method cyber criminals use to lure individuals into giving up their personal information. Spear phishing is where the criminals target a specific group of users, for example all customers of a particular bank or... [13 Nov 2009]
Social Networking: The Growing Threat to Businesses and Individuals
White Paper Social Networking is a phenomenon that has officially grown out of control. It means that literally. It has grown to the point where neither the users nor the social networking companies themselves can control these monsters that have... [13 Nov 2009]
Red Flags Rule: The FTC Regulation and Solutions to Prevent Identity Theft
White Paper The Red Flags Rule was developed pursuant to the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions (FACT) Act of 2003. Under the Rule, financial institutions and creditors with covered accounts must have identity theft prevention programs to... [13 Nov 2009]
Top 9 Network Security Threats in 2009
White Paper By realizing the threats, one can work to ensure the exposure is limited. Additionally, it gives one the opportunity to look at alternative solutions. A company that has traditionally kept their security management and monitoring... [13 Nov 2009]
From Wagons to Trains: Data Backup and Recovery in 2009 and Beyond
White Paper Most organizations are still stuck in the last century when it comes to developing a strategy to prevent permanent data loss. Backing up data using traditional methods such as tapes, SAN, or NAS have many problems that only get worse... [13 Nov 2009]
A Comprehensive Study of Retail Data Security Breaches in the United States
White Paper The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI/DSS) is changing the way in which retail organizations protect sensitive information. This study is designed to review the scope and impact of data security breaches in the retail... [13 Nov 2009]
Making Sense of Message Archiving Requirements
White Paper There are many regulations that cover Message Archiving and the overall category of Electronic Media. Some of these are industry specific such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), SEC regulation 17, NASD 3010, 21CFR part 11 and HIPAA. [13 Nov 2009]
The ABC's of Social Engineering & Five Ways to Protect Your Organization
White Paper Social Engineering has been an effective method of committing fraud for centuries. Recently, however, it has been used more and more to assist criminals in perpetrating crimes that can net large sums of money. [13 Nov 2009]
Simplifying Network Security With a Single Source Provider
White Paper Many service providers began sprouting up in the late 90's and earlier this decade. Those with solid business plans, expertise, and a focus on the right industries and regulations found success and are still around today. [13 Nov 2009]
Saving Money in Your Security Spending During a Financial Crisis
White Paper Belts are getting tighter around all budgets and IT budgets are no exception. Now is the time for administrators and executives to look at ways of getting the most out of their IT budget. But how can one do it? [13 Nov 2009]
8 Elements of Complete Vulnerability Management
White Paper Off late threat landscape offers attackers a much larger selection of attack points in the form of open firewall ports for business traffic, web or others servers behind the firewall, along with all applications running internally on the... [13 Nov 2009]
Understanding PCI DSS Compliance
White Paper PCI DSS version 1.1 (the current standard until October 2008 when PCI DSS version 1.2 is slated to be released) outlines best practices for credit card data that is stored, processed or transmitted. It consolidates and supersedes the... [13 Nov 2009]
