Early experiments are demonstrating how blockchain, the distributed and immutable ledger behind virtual currencies, potentially could play an important role in identity management, says Avivah Litan, a Gartner Research analyst.
With enforcement of the EU's GDPR set to begin on May 25, Australian organizations vary in readiness. Steve Ingram of PwC says it's not too late for companies to prepare for GDPR, but it will be too late to ask regulators for forgiveness if something goes wrong.
The EU's General Data Protection Regulation, which will be enforced beginning May 25, has significant implications for how financial institutions worldwide handle customer data, says Brett King, CEO of Moven, an all-digital bank, who sizes up the challenges.
The fraud landscape in Asia varies considerably, but in many countries, fraud costs are rising. Among the key factors are the growth in cashless transactions as well as mobile apps, says Greg Russell, head of IBM Trusteer APAC.
Leading the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report: Years of massive data breaches have fueled an increase in synthetic identity fraud, in which fraudsters combine real and bogus details to create more effective fake identities. Plus, has "The Dark Overlord" hacking group finally met its match?
Knowing as many details as possible about the customer, the payment and the recipient is a critical component of stopping fraud as payments become faster, says anti-fraud specialist David Barnhardt.
Credit card losses due to synthetic identity fraud exceeded $800 million in the U.S. last year, says Julie Conroy of Aite Group, who analyzes the evolving threat and offers mitigation insights.
Devising an effective national IoT security strategy requires four essential steps, says Rishi Bhatnagar, chairman of the Institution of Engineering and Technology's IoT panel India, who describes them in this interview.
With the rise of P2P payment networks and the U.S. working toward a real-time national payments network, the push is on to battle fraudsters. Also, attackers are hacking legitimate websites to more stealthily distribute "Gandcrab" crypto-locking ransomware.
If operational technology systems need to get connected to IT systems, it's essential to have tight controls on the network, says Lam Kwok Yan, professor of computer science and engineering at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
In an exclusive in-depth analysis, a panel of security experts sizes up key steps many Indian organizations still need to take to comply with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, which will be enforced starting May 25.
Leading the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report: Cambridge Analytica shuts down, saying it's lost all of its customers, and Australia's Commonwealth Bank spots a big, bad potential data breach.
Organizations in all sectors need to strive to adopt a standardized approach for ensuring that security is built into internet of things devices at the design phase, says Vinod Kumar, CEO and managing director at Bangalore-based Subex, a telecom analytics solutions provider.
How do we establish and maintain digital trust without burdening our users? What are the critical questions that need to be addressed by anyone managing identity and access management in a modern enterprise? David Duncan of CA Technologies offers answers to these questions.
What are some of the complexities of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, which will be enforced beginning May 25? Gerald Beuchelt, CISO at LogMeIn, offers compliance insights in an in-depth interview.
