With all due respect to the pugilist fan base still out there, the FDIC used a classic left-right combo this past week aimed squarely at the jaw of the third-party service provider community.
First Sheila C. Bair, the Chairman of the FDIC, touched on emerging guidance regarding third-party service providers in
The clear message from banking regulators in their Senate testimony is: Banks are hurting.
The follow-up question is: Exactly how badly are they hurting, and how will their pain trickle down to impact information security programs and priorities?
The OCC recently issued a bulletin (2008-16) in which it targets application security and the need for banking institutions to properly address application security "whether internally developed, vendor-acquired, or contracted for." I for one am relieved.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first installment of an occasional series summarizing key banking/security regulatory documents.
The Business Continuity Planning manual is part of the IT Examination Handbook from Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC). The March 2008 version of the BCP manual has...
As financial institutions continue to migrate their services and operations online, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency reminds national banks and their technology service providers about the importance of application security as a component of an information security program.
A new OCC bulletin...
Interview With Emergency Management Expert Regina Phelps
Of all the major areas of business continuity/disaster recovery, pandemic preparation is where financial institutions say they've done the least work. And yet it is the major focus of banking regulators, which in 2008 expect institutions to step up their...
OK, so not everybody's confidential information generates the same level of interest as Barack Obama's, Hillary Clinton's or John McCain's passport files.
But the latest State Department scandal nevertheless holds a relevant lesson for financial institutions: Be ever mindful of your customers' privacy....
Interview with Philip Alexander, Information Security Officer
Offshore outsourcing - it's a topic that stirs great debate among banking/security leaders. Proponents tout the potential cost-savings and easy access to top talent. Opponents point to cultural, infrastructural and, yes, security concerns inherent in...
With vendor management getting increased attention from federal regulators and banking institutions, momentum builds for the Financial Institution Shared Assessments Program -- which would essentially provide a standard seal of approval for third-party service providers.
If there's one single notion common to financial institutions of all sizes, it is confidence -the need to have shared trust with employees, partners and especially customers. Without this confidence, banking institutions cannot succeed.
And if there's one common theme emerging from the inaugural State of Banking...
If 2007 is any indication, then 2008 is going to be a wild year for financial institutions facing a slew of risk management issues.
Hanging like the sword of Damocles above all is the subprime mortgage crisis, which sees institutions looking for ways to avoid foreclosures and challenges surrounding underwriting....
It was a banner year for information security incidents, which proved to be indiscriminate. No national boundary, employee group or trusted service provider is exempt. And no breach is worth its cost in damages, reparations and loss of reputation. From these incidents, we draw 10 lessons learned to guide financial...
You've seen the biggest stories and security incidents of 2007. Now here's a list of the most popular federal agency releases and regulations of the year.
Most companies -- increasingly small to mid-size financial institutions -- outsource work at some point or the other, to some place or another.
But what about risks and rewards?
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