After the Storm: A new era for risk management in financial services [ Source: SAS Institute ]
July 2009- According to findings from a recent Economist Intelligence Unit report, less than half of risk professionals in the industry believe their strategies are sound given the financial and economic shell shock of the past 18 months. The way in which financial institutions identify, assess and manage risks continues to fall under intense scrutiny. The crisis has exposed the shortcomings of a whole host of risk techniques, and major soul-searching is now under way to ensure ....

EMC Documentum Information Rights Management Extends Security and Control [ Source: EMC ]
October 2008- The EMC Documentum architecture for information rights management (IRM) helps global companies and government agencies actively control, secure, and track sensitive information, wherever it resides, beyond delivery to and access by authorized users. The system uses strong industry-standard cryptography combined with a unique client-server architecture. Documentum IRM Services’family of client applications or plug-ins works with a common policy server to secure and control electronic information. This white paper provides an overview of the technical architecture ....

The Hidden Dangers of Everyday Information Transfer [ Source: Sterling Commerce ]
December 2008- Every day financial services organizations share megabytes, gigabytes or even terabytes of data with their business partners around the world using protocols such as FTP, HTTP, S-HTTP, SFTP, and FTPS. If there’s no apparent service outage, security breach or audit failure, most organizations assume these protocols are doing a secure and effective job of file transfer. But each of these protocols has serious flaws that are quietly making it harder for financial ....

ERM: Business Imperatives and Implementation Readiness [ Source: EMC ]
August 2008- Enterprise Rights Management (ERM) compliments existing information security technologies. This report by The Gilbane Group includes a brief recap of the history of ERM, an outline of the ERM market study, and highlights of the survey results. This ERM market study was designed to examine the progress ERM has made in the market over the past few years and to assist ERM vendors in positioning the technology to their customers. The structured primary ....

Enterprise Case Management [ Source: SAS Institute ]
January 2010- SAS Enterprise Case Management significantly reduces the time and effort of investigating fraud and resolving customer service cases. By automating workflows, it unites departments at an enterprise level, and offers comprehensive reporting and management dashboards on demand. It helps eliminate significant day-to-day manual effort, evolving a more comprehensive, enterprise-wide view of risk management across the organization’s risk departments. The solution is adaptable for most any business process that requires tracking of cases across functions and ....

After the Storm: A new era for risk management in financial services [ Source: SAS Institute ]
July 2009- According to findings from a recent Economist Intelligence Unit report, less than half of risk professionals in the industry believe their strategies are sound given the financial and economic shell shock of the past 18 months. The way in which financial institutions identify, assess and manage risks continues to fall under intense scrutiny. The crisis has exposed the shortcomings of a whole host of risk techniques, and major soul-searching is now under way to ensure ....

Man-in-the-Middle Attacks: Helping to eliminate the threat without impacting the business [ Source: Entrust, Inc. ]
September 2008- Man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks have become increasing recognized as a serious and sophisticated threat that can defeat a single layer of security. This white paper explains this new trend and how a cost-effective collection of solutions, including EV SSL certificates, multifactor authentication and fraud detection, can help banks defeat MITM attacks.

The Cost of Phishing: Understanding the True Cost Dynamics Behind Phishing Attacks [ Source: Cyveillance ]
December 2008- In this white paper, Cyveillance’s phishing experts demonstrate the financial savings resulting from speedy detection and take down of phishing attacks, as well as significant financial repercussions of slow phishing detection and take downs. According to a Gartner study released in December 2007, phishing attacks represent a staggering amount of fraud, costing organizations more than $3 billion annually. Even more shocking than this cost is the fact that phishing is a steadily growing problem with ....

Enterprisewide Fraud Management in Financial Services [ Source: SAS ]
September 2008- Learn why an enterprisewide approach to fraud management -- spanning all contact channels and account types and including powerful analytics, holistic intelligence and integrated case management -- is the best approach for financial organizations looking to turn the tide on fraud. Organizations that respond to regulatory pressures by simply documenting their existing fraud management practices are selling themselves short. This paper describes how an enterprisewide approach to fraud management -- spanning all contact channels and account ....

EMC Documentum Information Rights Management Extends Security and Control [ Source: EMC ]
October 2008- The EMC Documentum architecture for information rights management (IRM) helps global companies and government agencies actively control, secure, and track sensitive information, wherever it resides, beyond delivery to and access by authorized users. The system uses strong industry-standard cryptography combined with a unique client-server architecture. Documentum IRM Services’family of client applications or plug-ins works with a common policy server to secure and control electronic information. This white paper provides an overview of the technical architecture ....