Governance, Risk, and Compliance Services from SAP: Addressing Risk and Achieving Regulatory Compliance [ Source: SAP ]
September 2011- Learn how SAP services for governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) can help your enterprise assess the state of its business processes, procedures, and controls. The SAP Services

Managing Reference Data Risk -- A Best Practice Approach [ Source: Patni Computers ]
October 2010- In recent years, the twin pressures of achieving regulatory compliance and straight-through processing (STP) have highlighted substantial redundancy and duplication of effort in the area of reference data management. Many buy-side and sell-side firms are uncomfortably aware of both the time and cost they devote to purchasing, cleansing, and distributing reference data, as well as the risks that arise when these tasks are not performed effectively, among them failed trades and lost revenue opportunities. Firms ...

Data security and privacy: A holistic approach [ Source: IBM ]
October 2011- News headlines about the increasing frequency of unauthorized access to sensitive data and identity theft have focused awareness on data security and privacy breaches - and their consequences.

In response to this issue, regulations (SOX, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, FISMA, EU Data Privacy Directive) along with the rising number of regulatory mandates have increased the pressure to show immediate compliance, otherwise failure to ensure compliance can result in significant financial penalties and even jail time. ...

Credit Risk Management: Challenges and Opportunities in Turbulent Times [ Source: SAS Institute ]
January 2010- In times of economic turmoil, weaknesses of risk management systems in financial institutions have become very apparent. Shortcomings are most evident in mortgage-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations. It is not difficult to predict that banks that are able to come up with a consistent database, build their risk systems upon an integrated and efficient architecture, and employ cutting-edge risk management techniques will have strong competitive advantages. Abandoning outdated systems, patchwork solutions and standalone workarounds ...

Managed Security Services versus in-house Security Information Management [ Source: Dell SecureWorks ]
June 2011- Preserving network security is a necessity; you must decide the best approach for your organization, weighing the quality of protection, risk tolerance and the associated costs.

This white paper provides an executive-level summary of the potential costs associated with managing information security in-house versus using a Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) to reduce costs and improve the quality of protection.

2012 Excelian high performance computing maturity benchmark [ Source: IBM ]
April 2013- Grid technology in banking is now over 10 years old. With age has come maturity: grid today is less a specialist technology and more a commodity in its own right. Today, almost all investment banks of whatever tier have a grid solution of some sort, be that 20 cores servicing a 3rd party trading application or 20,000 cores providing enterprise grid services. Early adopters of grid in the late 90s had to create their own solutions, drawing on ...

Optimize Programs and Fulfill Mandate Expectations with Project and Portfolio Governance [ Source: Oracle ]
March 2013- Knowing which programs your agency should support doesn't have to be a guessing game. With Oracle's Primavera Portfolio Management's enterprise approach to governance, agency executives can align projects with strategic goals, balance spending and assess risk. Plus, strategic governance provides greater levels of transparency and accountability, so compliance is never an issue and the return on taxpayer's funds is always rewarding.

AccelOps' Unified Infrastructure Management Examined [ Source: AccelOps, Inc. ]
November 2012- Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) has had a solid, three-year history tracking AccelOps, a pioneering software developer that enables network and security administrators to monitor performance, availability and events with just one application.

They found that AccelOps customers are enjoying unique benefits in terms of time to value, scope of value, and cohesiveness in performance and security management thanks to the AccelOps’s premium on pragmatic innovations. This report provides a current view of ...

Accounting Solution: Backbone of Investment Management [ Source: SimCorp ]
August 2012- Buy side Solvency at Risk

What does your firm own? What are your portfolios worth? How big is your exposure? Answers to these questions are key to managing your firm's solvency. However when 56% of the North American buy-side lack confidence in their current accounting systems; 30% admit it would take days or weeks to calculate exposure across all holdings; and 40% concede investments decisions are made using poor quality data; it's time to ask if ...

Defending Mobile Financial Applications [ Source: Metaforic ]
July 2012- One of the most insidious criminal attacks on banking in recent times has been the proliferation of malware targeted at online banking. This custom malware enables activity such as authentication fraud by the theft of mTANs or SMS messages, or "man in the browser" / "man in the middle" attacks to steal credentials.

Now a new frontier has opened in online banking - consumers and businesses using smart phone-based applications to manage their finances. ...