Handbooks

Top Canadian Cyber Threats Expected in 2020

Ransomware, business email compromises and the malicious insider threat: These are the three top concerns of Canadian attorney Imran Ahmad as he looks ahead to the cybersecurity legal landscape in 2020. We caught up with Ahmad at our Toronto Cybersecurity Summit in September. Among the insights he shared: The rise of...

Leveraging New Technologies in Fraud Investigations

As breaches become more commonplace in India, law enforcement agencies are leveraging new technologies to assist in investigations. This edition of CyberEd APAC features an interview with Brijesh Singh, inspector general of police for cyber in Maharashtra, who outlines the challenges in investigating breaches and the...

Collaboration: Avoiding Operational Conflicts and Taking On New Roles

With new threats targeting the nation's critical infrastructure, partnerships among government and private-sector security professionals are more critical than ever, says Brian Harrell of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Harrell was a featured speaker at ISMG's recent Cybersecurity Summit in...

Special Healthcare Edition: Medical Device Security

Medical device security: Awareness of this significant challenge has grown dramatically over the past few years. But Michael McNeil, global security officer at device manufacturer Philips, argues that cybersecurity is still years behind where it should be, so stakeholders are playing catch-up. McNeil spoke recently...

Third-Party Risk

Where is the data? Who has access to it? How is it being secured? These are the fundamental questions inherent in any third-party risk management program. And in this edition of CyberEd Magazine, Cris Ewell, CISO of UW Medicine, shares insights from his experience managing vendor risk. Ewell's single biggest message:...

If You See Something, Say Something

It's been nearly seven years since HSBC was fined $1.9 billion by U.S. authorities for money laundering violations involving international drug cartels. But Everett Stern, the former employee who blew the whistle on the bank, continues to tell his story because he believes similar criminal activity is ongoing. And he...

The State of Patient Identity Management: 2019 Survey Results Report

LexisNexis • June 11, 2019

As part of healthcare's digital transformation, payers and providers alike have rolled out patient portals and telemedicine platforms to increase access to care, improve patient participation and decrease healthcare administrative costs. How secure are these portals? What types of authentication protocols are used to...

Women in Tech

From the days of Rosie the Riveter, women have been closing the ranks in the disparity in gender in the workplace. Why, then, do women in the tech sector lag woefully behind? Ann Sung Ruckstahl, senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Unisys, recently discussed the challenges "We're still in the middle...

The New Faces of Fraud: Survey Report Handbook

Cyxtera • February 5, 2019

Fraud incidents and losses have remained steady or increased in the past year, according to ISMG's latest Faces of Fraud Survey. And the biggest fault of banking institutions' current anti-fraud controls: They rely too much on manual processes. Manual processes can hinder banks' ability to pivot quickly and offset,...

Security Agenda - GDPR Effects & Impacts

GDPR. NIST CSF. NY DFS. These acronym laws and standards can be maddening to navigate clearly for legal and compliance teams. Particularly when the threat landscape is ever evolving, and the threat actors - from outside and within - are unrelenting. This is why we have designed these sessions as an opportunity for...

Managing Medical Device Risks

This month we spotlight the critical cybersecurity challenges facing healthcare sector organization. Explore why a focus on compliance-driven security risk programs can put entities at a great disadvantage in dealing with these challenges - and what's needed to implement a more war-minded approach to battle the...

Securing IoT Payments

November 1 ushers in a whole new era of breach notification requirements for Canada. What are the new standards, and how prepared are Canadian organizations? In this edition of Security Agenda, attorney Imran Ahmad of Miller Thomson LLP shares insights. Among them: "In many ways, Canada had been playing catch-up to...

Payments: The Evolution of Fraud and Security

This monthly Security Agenda will highlight some of the most recent additions to our course library. This month's edition features Federal Reserve's Jim Cunha on the future of secure payments. Another influencer, Amazon Web Services' Keith Carlson discusses future proofing against fraud. This edition also highlights...

Mobile Banking: How to Balance Opportunities and Threats

Information Security Media Group • October 3, 2012

As banking institutions globally roll out more services through the mobile channel, security leaders are challenged to stay a step ahead of the evolving risks. But what are today's top threats, and what are the emerging security components institutions must put in place to take advantage of new mobile...

Faces of Fraud: Survey Analysis

BankInfoSecurity.com • December 23, 2010

Payment cards, bogus checks and phishing/vishing incidents - these are the top forms of fraud experienced by banking institutions, according to the newly-released results of the Faces of Fraud survey conducted by Information Security Media Group. But what are the emerging fraud trends? And how should...