SWIFT, operator of the world’s largest money-transfer system, hired information security vendor BAE Systems and consultant Fox-IT to work alongside a new in-house team of security experts. The aim is to sharpen its monitoring and response time following a series of cyber-attacks over the past year. According to the company, the outside firms “will complement… Read More >>
FTF Awards Spotlights Ops Providers and Individuals
Financial Technologies Forum (FTF), owner of FTF News, has just announced the winners of the 2016 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards, noting that it had a record-breaking response with approximately 27,000 votes cast for 25 awards categories. Except for the Editor’s Choice award, the nominees and ultimate winners of the awards are selected by FTF… Read More >>
BAE Profiles ‘World’s Most Dangerous Cybercriminals’
Six Types of Cybercriminal to Avoid BAE Systems, the London-based, multinational security company, recently released profiles of “six prominent types of cybercriminals” and detailed how they could hurt companies around the globe, officials say. Threat intelligence experts at BAE Systems have compiled a list, “The Unusual Suspects,” that has been created from “research that uncovers… Read More >>
Compliance Science Hires a CTO as DTCC Fills Out Board
Compliance Science Hires from Albridge for CTO Post George McKevitt has joined Compliance Science (CSI), the provider of governance, risk management and compliance solutions, as chief technology officer. From 2006 to 2013, he served as chief information officer at Albridge Solutions, an affiliate of BNY Mellon’s Pershing company that provides data aggregation, portfolio accounting and… Read More >>
