I received a call last week on my home land line and when I picked it up (hardly anyone I want to actually talk to calls my home telephone number) the caller on the other end informed me that he was from “Microsoft 10,” that I had a terrible virus in my computer and that
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Recent indictment underscores threat to financial institutions’ cybersecurity
By Norman Roos & Scott Baird on
Posted in Cybersecurity
In an era of cyberwarfare, financial institutions can find themselves in the crossfire. The U.S. government indicted seven Iranian hackers last week, charging the individuals for their roles in a 2011 series of cyber-attacks targeting at least 46 major banking institutions. The attacks, which Attorney General Loretta Lynch called “relentless,” “systematic” and “widespread,” were carried…
New York Stock Exchange releases cybersecurity guide for public companies
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Cybersecurity
We continue to urge CEOs and boards of public companies (and private and not-for profits) to harken the call of getting a handle on cybersecurity risk to companies today. Not too soon, the New York Stock Exchange published a book this week entitled “Navigating the Digital Age: The Definitive Cybersecurity Guide for Directors and Officers…