Speculation about the pending update to online authentication guidance has been circulating around water coolers for months now. "A [disclosure] like this could make it more challenging for the regulators," says attorney David Navetta.
"It's interesting to see regulators putting the onus on the financial companies for fraud that occurs after the theft has already happened," says David Navetta, co-chairman of the American Bar Association's Information Security Committee.
"We want to know what the FFIEC guidelines actually mean and who is responsible for enforcing audits and compliance," says fraud victim Jim Payne, owner of Choice Escrow.
A preliminary draft of new online authentication guidance from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council puts greater responsibility on the shoulders of financial institutions to enhance security.
After one of its commercial customers fell victim to an online account takeover, this community bank suffered losses, reputational damage and learned that legal disputes rarely favor the bank.
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