CISO Trainings
ISC2 & Gigamon Webinar: TLS 1.3: A New Private World
Information Security Media Group • November 25, 2020
Encryption keeps the internet secure, but it also gives bad actors the perfect hiding place. Join Gigamon and ISC2 for a deep dive into the latest encryption protocol, TLS 1.3, to learn what's different and what advantages it offers in the constant effort to stay one step ahead of threats.
Profiles in Leadership: Nancy Hunter, CISO, Philadelphia Fed
Tom Field • October 1, 2020
As CISO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Nancy Hunter has a defined role and priorities. But she also has a refined sense of responsibility for collaboration, mentoring and creating new career opportunities for women.
Make the Most of Least Privilege: A Pragmatic Strategy
Karl Lankford • August 28, 2020
This session is dedicated to our UK, EU and ME audiences and will provide practical steps to enable organisations to successfully implement a strategy of least privilege. Least privilege will allow you to eliminate unnecessary risk by elevating rights across multi platforms and networked devices without hindering...
What You Don't Understand About Crypto Can Hurt You
Brad Beutlich • May 13, 2020
For over 2000 years, governments, armies, businesses and lovers have been encrypting messages. For the same amount of time, the keys used to perform the encryption have been the weakest link in the chain. After 2000 years, technology has advanced such that the keys can be protected but many companies don't understand...
5 Key Ways CISOs can Accelerate the Business
Now more than ever, chief information security officers (CISOs) are expected to weigh in on board-level decisions. In an increasingly competitive landscape, business acumen has become just as important as technical know-how, and executives rely on the CISO to map security programs to business objectives to promote...
The State of Patient Identity Management: 2019 Survey Results Report
LexisNexis Risk Solutions • June 11, 2019
As part of healthcare's digital transformation, payers and providers alike have rolled out patient portals and telemedicine platforms to increase access to care, improve patient participation and decrease healthcare administrative costs. How secure are these portals? What types of authentication protocols are used to...
An FBI Update on Fighting Against Russian Election Meddling
Nick Holland • July 27, 2018
This edition of the ISMG Security Report features Elvis Chan, a supervisory special agent at the FBI, discussing ongoing efforts to thwart Russian interference in the U.S. midterm election this fall, and Alberto Yepez of ForgePoint Capital addressing cryptocurrency security issues.
Securing Your SWIFT Environment Using Micro-Segmentation: What Financial Institutions Need to Know
As of January 1, 2018, all SWIFT customers must self-attest to their compliance with the new SWIFT Customer Security Program (CSP). The program is designed to respond to the wave of cybercrime targeting SWIFT installations that began with the Bank of Bangladesh breach back in February 2016 and has swept across the...
Security As a Competitive Advantage
Geetha Nandikotkur • December 26, 2017
The desire to gain a competitive edge is beginning to drive security investments among companies in the region, says Nigel Ng, vice president, Asia Pacific and Japan, for RSA.
2017 Faces of Fraud Survey Report: Mobile Exploits Come of Age
Defending against tomorrow's mobile attacks is a moving target; but new technologies and strategies, including behavioral biometrics and machine-learning-based analytics, are allowing financial institutions to reduce their fraud losses while enhancing their customer experience. Based on the latest results of ISMG's...
Banks Verses Payment Fraud; Defend Your Digital Payment Channel with a Full-Court Press
High-pressure. Fast-paced. Threats coming from all directions. The battle against payment fraud isn't unlike the game of basketball. Wire fraud and ACH fraud are on the rise, and financial institutions cannot be slow on the defense - to win, they must detect fraud in real-time. Banking channels through which...
RBI: Banks Must Report Breach Incidents Within 6 Hours
Geetha Nandikotkur • February 28, 2017
The Reserve Bank of India has mandated that all banks must report all unusual cyber incidents within two to six hours to enable issuing suitable cautionary advisories to other banks. Experts discuss the challenges financial institutions will face in complying with the new requirement.
The Urgent Need to Recruit More Cybersecurity Pros
Varun Haran • December 21, 2016
As cybercriminals continue to wage more sophisticated, well-funded attacks, it's more urgent than ever to attract qualified professionals to careers in cybersecurity, Symantec CTO Dr. Hugh Thompson says in this audio interview.
PCI-DSS: The Asian Journey to Compliance
Varun Haran • July 4, 2016
The need for PCI-DSS compliance is being embraced in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, with adoption of PCI standards increasing dramatically over the last five years, says Dharshan Shanthamurthy, CEO of SISA Information Security, who shares insights about why PCI adoption is likely to continue to grow.
Fraud & Cybersecurity: The Growing Linkages
Varun Haran • June 16, 2016
The nature of sophisticated fraud is changing, argues NPCI's Bharat Panchal. He shares experiences from his sector to support this idea, and he shares insights on how this will affect the security practitioner roles.
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