Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) officials have issued a warning that the global disruption caused by the CrowdStrike Outage could be followed by secondary attacks. “In connection to the widespread disruption, member firms should be aware they may experience secondary attacks from cyber criminals seeking to leverage this incident to carry out social engineering and… Read More >>
Smarsh Acquires Entreda to Bolster Cybersecurity Support
Electronic communications archiving vendor Smarsh will be able to bolster its cybersecurity risk and compliance offerings to broker-dealers, registered investment advisors (RIAs) and banks via its acquisition of Entreda, maker of a platform that unifies these services. Smarsh offers archiving and compliance support for email, social media, text messaging, instant messaging, websites, and voice. Through… Read More >>
WFE Pushes for Human Firewall Against Cyber-Attacks
The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) is taking a behavioral approach to the problem of establishing long-term, cyber-security compliance, officials report as they publish a guideline of best practices. A new white-paper lists best practices that are an alternative to “classroom-based refresher sessions,” and are intended to push a move toward “thinking more creatively about… Read More >>
