Data is the lifeblood of today's digital businesses, and protecting it from theft, misuse, and abuse is the No. 1 responsibility of every S&R leader. Hacked customer data can erase millions in profits within weeks, stolen intellectual property can erase competitive advantage in less than a year, and unnecessary...
Organizations are increasingly relying on data warehouses to provide the business critical reporting and analysis needed to empower business decisions and drive results. The data warehouse is a central repository for integrating data from one or more disparate sources such as applications, databases and legacy...
Hardly a week goes by without headlines about a breach of customer data. Less frequent, but just as alarming, are the publicly reported examples and allegations of
intellectual property theft. Data security and privacy - and by extension, brand reputation - are front and center today and will quickly become a...
News headlines about the increasing frequency of information and identity theft have focused awareness on data security and privacy breaches - and their consequences. In response to this issue, regulations have been enacted around the world. Although the specifics of the regulations may differ, failure to ensure...
Financial malware - that is, malicious software designed to enable fraudulent transactions - is a growing concern for line-of-business executives, heads of retail and commercial banking, leaders of global compliance operations, and risk management officers worldwide. Fraudsters rely upon increasingly sophisticated...
In today's ever changing fraud landscape, much of the currently used statistical-based fraud detection methodology is creating significant challenges for both organizations and end users. These statistical models generate high false positive rates and provide a risk score that does not effectively distinguish...
Mobile banking continues to gain momentum, growing faster than any other banking delivery channel to date. Many financial institutions contemplate expanding capabilities in the mobile channel, but they are concerned about security.
Fortunately, new security measures are available to mitigate the risks associated...
A number of network security technologies have arisen that claim to be the "next generation" of network defense - but what does this concept actually mean? In the view of Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) analysts, the term has become marginalized by technologies that pigeonhole capability into silos of...
Today's IT organizations are under more pressure than ever. As technology innovation and adoption increases, much of that pressure is centered around the conflict among three primary sources:
The hyper-empowered user who demands access to data anywhere, at any time, from any device;
The rich and vibrant diversity...
There is no fail-safe in today' s digital world. Incidents will occur, both unintentional and malicious. To mitigate damage and organizational impact, the agile organization will respond quickly. To mitigate risks before damage occurs, an organization can maintain a continuous high state of security, ensure that all...
Ponemon Institute surveyed 640 individuals involved in the application development and security process in their organizations on the following topics:
Why mobile application security eludes many organizations;
The difficulty in controlling employees' risky behaviors;
Are organizations taking the right steps to...
It's not easy being today's CIO. As employees bring growing numbers of their own computing devices to work, CIOs are faced with a tough choice. They must either figure out a secure way to allow employees to conduct business on their own devices - no easy job - or they must simply say no.
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A growing number of companies rely on web-based applications to provide online services to their employees, to support e-commerce sales, and to leverage portals, discussion boards and blogs that help staff communicate more effectively with customers, partners and suppliers. However, as the number and complexity of web...
Just when you thought it was safe to go mobile, everything is different.
The risks are different. Only a few years ago, predictions stated that smartphones and tablets had little vulnerability to malware and hacking. But in the one-year period ending March 2013, malware aimed at mobile platforms grew 614 percent,...
There are many reasons why organizations like yours should be critically concerned with application security. Applications are becoming increasingly pervasive as organizations grow and implement more powerful software to support business processes, product development and daily operations. In addition, the way...
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