Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Spotlight on Training
Held every October, National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is a great time for your compliance team to focus on educating staff. Read More
Why CCOs Can’t Ignore This Cybersecurity Month
The level of successful cyberattacks on financial institutions has shocked many over the past few weeks. In this article, we discuss why CCOs need to be focused on cybersecurity best practices, as well as some popular training topics to offer your firm members this year. Read More
SEC Releases Alert on Ransomware Attacks
The SEC is warning advisors and broker-dealers to immediately review their cybersecurity controls, as phishing and ransomware attacks are on the rise. Read More
SEC Offers Tips to Bolster Firms’ Cybersecurity Plans
The OCIE's "Cybersecurity and Resiliency Observations" goes into significantly more detail than previous risk alerts released on the topic and is formatted in a user-friendly format that allows firms to easily reflect on their own cybersecurity practices. Read More
The 25 Most Hacked Passwords of 2019
Find out if your password is on the list of "most hacked passwords from 2019." Hint, if you're using "password," you should stop immediately. Read More
Companies Still Unprepared for GDPR Compliance
Over half of UK businesses aren’t compliant with the GDPR more than 15 months after its introduction, despite many reporting data security incidents to the ICO, according to new research from Egress. Read More
Five Cybersecurity Myths to Leave Behind in 2019
The following article dispels common cybersecurity myths to enhance your firm’s overall cybersecurity intelligence and preparedness. Read More
FINRA Publishes New Cybersecurity Report
If FINRA’s recent cybersecurity report is any indication, Cybersecurity programs will be a top priority for the self-regulatory authority in 2019. Read More
The 25 Worst Passwords of 2018
Password-management company SplashData releases its annual list of the worst passwords of the year. Read More
The 25 Worst Passwords of 2017
For the seventh consecutive year, SplashData announced its annual "Worst Passwords List," highlighting the insecure password habits of today's internet users. Once again, "123456" and "password" maintained top positions in the number one and two spots, while "starwars," held onto the number sixteen spot as the movie, Star Wars: The Last Jedi was released. Seems as though people drew inspiration from a galaxy far, far away to protect their data. Read More
