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Thefts of Digital Assets are Spiraling
In an increasingly digitized business world,organizations are now measured by their ability to maintain a digital trust among investors, customers, and other stakeholders. As discussed in our previous article ‘Compromised Digital Security Can Break Business Deals’, today’s business stakeholders are not just interested in assessing key performance metrics. They scrutinize a firm by digging deep […]
Data Security: Where global organizations err
As global firms grapple with increased cybercrimes, compliance managers are paying more heed to cyber security, especially the data. Organizations now follow a strong IT security and governance policy, leading to more investments on security solutions like firewall, Intrusion Prevention system (IPS) and Intrusion Detection systems (IDS). Yet, identity thefts and data breaches are rising. […]
Is your Firm Prepared to Identify Data breach?
Data Breach– one of those excruciating costs which are keeping compliance managers and top managements on tenterhooks–is preventable, if firms possess necessary tools to identify malicious attempts to steal information, at the right time. Traditionally firms in order to interpret their financial standings and gauge the measure of preparedness against innumerable business risks, look at […]
Compromised Digital Security Can Break Business Deals
In an ever-expanding and integrated global economy, firms get assessed by their ability to adapt to changing dynamics in the business landscape. Investors look at how fast and effectively firms innovate to grow—organically or inorganically. They gauge firms by looking at key business metrics like the Return on Equity (ROE), Return on Capital Employed (ROCE), […]
Blockchain Technology: Is it completely foolproof?
Speed and efficiency are two of the most important cornerstones of the financial industry. To execute transactions at brisk pace while harvesting innumerable amount of data— financial companies from time to time adopt disruptive technologies to streamline operations. Algorithm trading— those highly-advanced, automated but complex tools–allows traders to execute profitable trades at a lightning speed; […]
Online Payments: Pluck Those Low-Hanging Fruits
Breakthrough in online payments has significantly reduced complexities as a host of payment networks allow us to conveniently transfer payments– anywhere and anytime. But one big concern lurks: securing transaction has now become a big challenge as criminals now use advanced tools, technical know-how, and social engineering to con us online. Indeed, every time we […]
Online Banking Apps
About a year ago, a high-profile hacking incident at the U.K’s leading telecom operator Talk Talk, brought to the forefront many cyber security challenges faced by telecom companies across the world. The company, which suffered breach of personal and financial details of its 100,000 users– not only had to bear the ire from clients as […]
WADA Data Breach Lesson: Prioritize IT Spending
Earlier in June, just about a month ago before the Reo Olympics, organizers had one big concern: How to boost cyber-defenses at a time when cybercriminals are becoming increasingly adept in bringing down IT systems during major sporting events. Taking lessons from London Olympics, organizers in Brazil, as a part of the broader security strategy, […]
Small Mistakes can erode Social Media’s Amazing Influence
Social Media: who would have thought about a decade ago thata host of websites and applications that allow social networking, will become a core part of our daily life? Indeed, from running all sorts of promotional campaigns to familiarizing brand/products and from putting forward your thoughts on current affairs to finding your long-lost friends, social […]
As Firms Switch To Hybrid IT Environment, Data Security Will Need a Closer Look
Disruptive technologies such as cloud computing offer many advantages to organizations. As the technology allows to store data in cloud service providers’ servers, it helps firms to cut IT-related spending. Indeed, sans cloud-computing technology, most organizations, would bear more costs to deploy a network of devices in their IT ecosystem to store data. In addition, […]
