12/1/2020
Social media has changed the ways we live our lives — from the way we get our news to the way we interact with our family, friends and peers. It’s everywhere, it’s unavoidable, it’s powerful and it’s here to stay.
11/1/2020
Here we are almost to 2021. Do you feel any more cybersecure? Just this year, we’ve seen a 20% increase in cyber fraud and abuse and a startling 200% increase in business email compromises.
10/1/2020
For the 17th year in a row, the National Cyber Security Alliance and CISA have announced October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. This year’s theme is “Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart.”
10/1/2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical that you and your institution’s employees exercise caution and remain nimble in your cyber defenses to prevent falling victim to one of the many attacks and scams.
5/1/2020
Business email compromise is a sophisticated scam that targets both businesses and individuals that transact legitimate transfer of funds requests.
3/1/2020
As companies get better at detecting cyber events and data breaches, most continue to struggle with the proper handling of these incidents.
2/1/2020
“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing,” written by famous business author, Stephen Covey, should especially ring true as we’ve entered into a new decade.
1/1/2020
A survey conducted by The Harris Poll found that an overwhelming majority of consumers (92%) have concerns about the security of their personal, confidential online data.
12/1/2019
Vendor risk management has become a crucial area of cybersecurity as banks move operations to the cloud and asset managers hire third parties to manage their technology.
11/1/2019
The theft of ATMs is yet another crime that continues to plague our industry. This includes the rise of cyber threats to ATMs, such as skimming, shimming, cash-out and jackpotting, as well as the age-old technique of crash and grab the whole ATM.
10/1/2019
Ernesto Ballesteros is tasked with overseeing cybersecurity matters for Texas. In this Q&A, he provides a glimpse of goals, initiatives and priorities.
10/1/2019
Steps to improve cyber resiliency. Financial institutions with successful cyber risk management programs take a holistic approach to the policies, processes and people required.
10/1/2019
TBA challenges bank cyber risk with new programs, offerings and educational initiatives.
10/1/2019
Despite the negligence of a few financial services providers, the banking industry is the gold standard when it comes to customer privacy and data protection.
10/1/2019
Texas Banking contacted representatives of the Texas Department of Banking, Texas Department of Savings & Mortgage Lending, FDIC, OCC and Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in an effort to address their top cyber concerns.
10/1/2019
According to the NCSA, ???The line between our online and offline lives is indistinguishable. In these tech-fueled times, our homes, societal well-being, economic prosperity and nation???s security are impacted by the internet.???
10/1/2019
When most people think about cybersecurity, they think about technology. But the human element remains the most significant challenge we face when it comes to cyber vulnerabilities.
9/1/2019
Like the thousands of data breaches before, security leaders will be answering the same question from their executive teams, ???Can this happen to us???? And I???m sure most of the responses will be, ???It???s not a matter of if, but when we get hack
8/1/2019
The phone call has mostly been replaced with the targeted email since that is how we mainly communicate, but I???ve certainly seen an uptick in the SMS/text messaging attacks.
7/1/2019
Over the years, I???ve watched the sophistication, impact and scale of cyber-attacks grow exponentially, from the nuisance attacks with computer worms and viruses in the early 90s to the large-scale data breaches that we almost daily.