Identifying Common Financial Services Vulnerabilities
Financial services institutions have long been a top target for cyber threats. Access to a large amount of sensitive and confidential information makes the financial sector a target-rich environment for cyberattacks. In addition to mitigating cybersecurity threats, financial firms must also prioritize maintaining and strengthening compliance. These balance of these two priorities presents a unique […]
IT Strategy: 6 Components You Can’t Ignore in 2023
In-house IT teams often become caught in a cycle of responding to issues as they arise instead of taking a proactive approach due to the overwhelming volume of tasks they must handle. But this break/fix method is not sustainable. To prioritize and support business goals, organizations must look beyond day-to-day transactional IT and toward long-term […]
SEC Signals New and Expanding Compliance Rules to Combat Cyber Crime
Indicates significant changes to regulations for broker-dealers, investment companies, RIA, and other market agents. The SEC has been signaling the expansion of the compliance around cybersecurity for public financial firms for some time. Increased and intensified state-sanctioned cyber-attacks, data breaches, and ransomware have spotlighted the risk to the U.S. economy, its investment markets, and its […]
Watch Solving Cybersecurity for Financial Services On-demand Webinar
We get it. As executives and IT professionals, you are busy. To that end, we are debuting a new series of short on-demand webinars intended to answer the most commonplace requests we receive. These webinars are designed to connect your firm’s real-world problems with the solutions that address them. They are short and available on […]
CISA Urges Organizations Safeguard Now Against Possible Critical Cyber Threats
Yesterday, the Cybersecurity Infrastructure & Security Agency (CISA), the federal agency charged with protecting the nation’s cyber infrastructure, released a notice from the National Cyber Awareness System. Based on recent malicious cyber incidents in Ukraine, CISA urges organizations across all sectors and of any size to be on alert for malicious cyber activity. The agency […]
What Does the BCP FINRA Rule 4370 Update Mean for Your Firm?
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently announced the completion of the review process for FINRA Rule 4370 and upholds the Rule as it currently stands. The agency put the Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Rule 4370 into place to ensure continuity of operations for broker-dealer firms following a disruption or disaster. FINRA based its decision […]
How to Effectively Assess Enterprise Backup Solutions?
Disasters and cyber-attacks happen, but data loss does not have to be inevitable. Data loss can be avoided or mitigated with a robust backup and disaster recovery solution (BDR). Surviving a catastrophic data loss event depends on choosing the right BDR solution. But you need to understand the critical components in order to successfully evaluate […]
Emerging Threats Signal More Trouble for Financial Services Cybersecurity
Hedge funds, private equity companies, venture capital, and other financial services firms are prime targets for cyber criminals seeking to compromise data-rich institutions. Additionally, as keepers of valuable personal identifiable information (PII) and propriety data, the financial services sector is subject to increasing regulatory requirements as the cybersecurity threat landscape expands. While financial firms have […]
SEC Targets Financial Firms for Security Compliance Failures. Could You Be Next?
Exploring SEC enforcement trends, this piece details sanctions against financial firms for compliance failures and provides a strategic checklist for strengthening cybersecurity safeguards and regulatory reporting.