From Bank Systems and Technology Online Web Site:
Amidst the chaos immediately following Hurricane Katrina, it was reassuring to see at least one entity had its act together—the financial services sector. Even before the floodwaters began to recede, banks in the hurricane zone were in action, attempting to restore their operations.
Although there was no mass [...]
Archive for September, 2005
Aftermath of Katrina & Banking
Impact of Information Security Trends on Banks
FROM BANK INFO SECURITY:
Impact of Information Security Trends on Banks, Part 2 : Shift Towards Application Level Attacks:
Many attacks in the past decade have focused on vulnerabilities at the network and operating systems level. Nowadays, hackers seem to be more closely focusing on application level attacks. There are several reasons for this.
Too many network protocol [...]
Read Full Post Reports Show Internal IT Attacks Rising
FROM BANK INFO SECURITY:
Internal attacks on computer systems are overtaking external attacks at the world’s largest financial institutions.
That’s a key finding from the 2005 Global Security Survey conducted by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. In the annual survey, 35% respondents said that in the past 12 months, they’ve suffered attacks that originated inside the organization. That’s [...]