Reiknistofa Bankanna (RB), an IT service provider for Icelandic financial institutions, recently overhauled its security infrastructure with an array of physical security technology including cameras, access control, and video analytics through one unified interface.

Changeover is inevitable at every organization, all the way up to the chief executive, but former employees with a motive can abuse their privileges to access information they deem valuable or useful in the future, causing irreparable harm to the enterprise and its operations. This insider threat is preventable. Find out how.

Independent research conducted by Dr. Mike McGuire, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Surrey, and sponsored by HP Inc. found a 100% rise in ‘significant’ nation state incidents between 2017-2020. Analysis of over 200 cybersecurity incidents associated with nation state activity since 2009 also shows the enterprise is now the most common target (35%), followed by cyberdefense (25%), media and communications (14%), government bodies and regulators (12%), and critical infrastructure (10%).

The International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) in partnership with Perpetuity Research has opened up a study to explore the roles, responsibilities and training of frontline Security Officers (sometimes referred to as security guards). 

Rather than be caught off-guard and left to play catch-up, security and IT professionals should begin planning now for the many new and updated regulations, standards and proposed pieces of legislation that will be sweeping over the financial services industry and other sectors in the near future.

The Security Benchmark Report (formerly the Security 500) survey is now open! Calling all enterprise security leaders within your organization...fill out the survey today and help us benchmark where security lies within every sector and industry.

We asked several Women Security Leaders to tell us what drew them into the profession, along with their thoughts on continued diversification of the industry.

Trusted Computing Group (TCG) announced its commitment to strengthening the financial services industry against attack, as worldwide banking institution, Goldman Sachs, joins TCG in the fight for cybersecurity.

According to data presented by Finaria.it, crypto criminals stole $1.9B in 2020, down from $4.5B in 2019.

Deaner is the first woman to hold the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) leadership position at Northwestern Mutual.