Tag: Cybersecurity

January 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FIX Trading Community releases guidelines to help firms meet cybersecurity requirements

FIX Trading Community, the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, today announced the release of the FIX-over-TLS (FIXS) standard and guidelines to assist users of the FIX Protocol meet certain security requirements. FIXS is part of a larger programme of work that the FIX Trading Community initiated in response to…

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DFSA launches Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform
January 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

PolySwarm and Rivetz announce the creation of Decentralized Cybersecurity Consortium

Decentralized IT security marketplace PolySwarm and decentralized mobile security solutions provider Rivetz today announced a partnership to form the Decentralized Cybersecurity Consortium. DC2 is a professional group for IT security companies aimed at developing best practices for blockchain-based cybersecurity. PolySwarm is thrilled to partner with Rivetz as co-founding members of the Decentralized Cybersecurity Consortium, and…

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DFSA launches Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform
January 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Barbican Insurance Group partners with FICO to enhance cyber underwriting

Silicon Valley analytics firm FICO today announced its partnership with Barbican Insurance Group, a multi-platform insurance group that underwrites business predominantly through its syndicates at Lloyd's of London, and which provides global cyber insurance coverage to its insureds. Barbican will use the FICO® Enterprise Security Score to measure the cybersecurity risk of insureds, and will…

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November 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Options appoints new Cybersecurity Executive to Management Team

Options, the provider of cloud-enabled managed services to the global capital markets, has today announced the appointment of John Gracey to its executive team. John joins the team as VP, Cybersecurity where he will be responsible for leading internal cybersecurity initiatives and the development of the Options Managed Security solution. Gracey brings over 15 years…

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DFSA launches Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform
November 14, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FS-ISAC and MAS to strengthen cyber information sharing across nine countries

The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) informed that they have launched the FS-ISAC Asia Pacific Regional Analysis Centre’s office and operations in Singapore. The setting up of the Regional Centre in Singapore shows the growing collaboration between the two organisations to fight cybercrime. The Centre…

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Bitcoin comparisons to Gold are back, as both assets beat down equities
October 26, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Bitcoin Gold – too much democratization?

After the hard “fork” that Bitcoin went through, the new currency, Bitcoin Gold, has suffered a not so positive perception, as the price of Bitcoin went down immediately after the introduction of the new product. The launch of Bitcoin Gold caused a distributed denial of service or what is called “DDoS” cyberattack. The website of…

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DFSA launches Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform
October 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Mandiant has concluded forensic investigation of cybersecurity incident

Potentially impacted U.S. consumers increased by 2.5 million Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) announced today that the cybersecurity firm Mandiant has completed the forensic portion of its investigation of the cybersecurity incident disclosed on September 7 to finalize the consumers potentially impacted. I was advised Sunday that the analysis of the number of consumers potentially impacted…

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SEC charges nine hackers and traders in Edgar hacking case
September 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC being hacked despite warnings on security

EDGAR system data may have been used for “illicit gain through trading” SEC Chairman Jay Clayton has issued a statement highlighting the importance of cybersecurity to the agency and market participants, and detailing the agency’s approach to cybersecurity as an organization and as a regulatory body. The statement is part of an ongoing assessment of…

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May 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fiserv launches SecureNow for integrated cybersecurity protection for digital banking

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISV), a global provider of financial services technology solutions, today announced the availability of SecureNowTM, a centralized, real-time cybersecurity platform designed specifically for digital financial services. SecureNow integrates a wide range of cybersecurity protections to enable financial institutions to combat fast-moving threats and detect fraud in real time while maintaining a positive experience…

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May 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hong Kong SFC consults on proposals to reduce hacking risks in internet trading

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) launched a two-month consultation on proposals to reduce and mitigate hacking risks associated with internet trading. The proposals incorporate new guidelines which set out baseline cybersecurity requirements for internet brokers to address hacking risks and vulnerabilities and to clarify expected standards of cybersecurity controls. Some of these requirements already…

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