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Goldilocks and the Three Posters

An Electronic Fairy Tale . . . The search for a poster that was “just right!” Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . WARNING: If you’re short on time, this article is rather silly. . . Once u...

Ten Must-Reads For Information Security Awareness

These titles should be on every professional’s list. An article review. If there’s one thing you can take away from the most recent installment of our annual T7 article, it’s that the threats we face when securing IT assets are a diverse and constantly e...

T7 – The Trend of Trends 2017

The seven best trend articles in 2017 . . . For ISO’s of small financial institutions. We’ve identified a whole new set of trend articles in Information Security that those in the field should know about, and while our take on this year’s installment is...

With Windows Hello, Users May Be Trading Security For Convenience

Microsoft promises ‘enterprise-grade’ security without a password, so what’s the catch? When Windows 10 was launched there was a great deal of attention paid to some of its more controversial aspects, such as the inability for end users to disable ...

When Ransomware Hits, Concerns Go Beyond Payment

Without further investigation, there’s no guarantee that data was merely encrypted… When ransomware strikes it’s likely many organizations will focus on whether the encryption used can be broken, and whether it makes more sense to simply pay to unlock the ...

FFIEC Expands IT Examination Handbook

Handbook expanded to cover mobile financial services and their potential threats Finally, a commitment! The FFIEC recently issued a new appendix (Appendix E) to its IT Examination Handbook to address mobile financial services (MFS), which cover a wide variety of services f...

Microsoft discontinues support for Internet Explorer 8-10

Some 20% of Web Users Continue To Use Outdated Versions Microsoft officially ended support for versions 8-10 of Internet Explorer by issuing one final patch on January 12. Included in the patch is a pop-up reminder that will warn users away from the software, encouraging t...

Twitter Warns of State-Sponsored Hackers

Some hackers aren’t after your financial information Twitter recently joined several other companies in sending out emails to users whose accounts had been suspected of being subject to attempted break-ins by hackers working for government agencies. According to the ...

Most Millennials Don’t Trust Online Security Measures

An article review. Maybe they don’t all have their heads in the sand “Fewer than 5% of UK and US 16 to 35 year olds believe their digital identity is completely protected by effective safeguards.” This data comes from a survey commissioned by the security firm Intercede. ...

Deadline for New EMV Standards Compliance Approaches

Government merchants are running out of time to comply with the new EMV standards. And in this time of cyber cyber everything, let’s check in to see how the EMV chip is going. All seems well except, of course . . . . government adoption! The deadline for government merchan...

Articles

Goldilocks and the Three Posters

Ten Must-Reads For Information Security Awareness

T7 – The Trend of Trends 2017

With Windows Hello, Users May Be Trading Security For Convenience

When Ransomware Hits, Concerns Go Beyond Payment

FFIEC Expands IT Examination Handbook

Microsoft discontinues support for Internet Explorer 8-10

Twitter Warns of State-Sponsored Hackers

Most Millennials Don’t Trust Online Security Measures

Deadline for New EMV Standards Compliance Approaches

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