It’s almost time. After several years in the making, the long-awaited compliance deadline for the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is finally here. After Friday, January 17, non-compliant organizations serving customers inside the bloc could theoretically be hit with multimillion-euro fines. The repercussions will be felt not just within ... Read More

Emerging technologies offer IT and security leaders an exciting opportunity. With the right investments, they can build solid foundations to drive competitive advantage and sustainable growth. But such investments also carry risk. To better understand how nascent technologies are likely to mature over time, Gartner’s Hype Cycle reports can be ... Read More

Like most businesses, banks are facing a highly competitive future built on digital services. To succeed, they must modernize their IT infrastructure to deliver the experiences that customers now demand, without incurring the wrath of regulators. Yet the wealth of sensitive information managed by financial services firms ensures the sector ... Read More

Customer trust is critical to long-term business success. But it is dramatically undermined when organizations fail to protect their personally identifiable information (PII). One study claims that two-thirds (66%) of US consumers would not trust a previously breached company with their data. And three-quarters (75%) say they’re ready to cut ... Read More

PCI DSS 4.0 is a non-negotiable industry standard for any organization that stores, processes, or transmits cardholder data (CHD) or sensitive authentication data (SAD). But although its requirements are detailed and can be onerous, there are technology solutions available to help streamline the process of compliance, reduce the operational and ... Read More

In a world beset by geopolitical and economic uncertainty, one thing remains inviolable: the onward march of technological innovation. It is the driver of sustainable growth and better business decision making. It promises to uplift worker productivity, generate cost savings, improve process efficiency and transform user experience. But finding the ... Read More

Financial institutions are among the most regulated businesses in the world. That’s understandable given their role in a key critical infrastructure sector and rising threat levels across the industry. It’s why in the EU, the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) will soon take effect, to improve baseline security efforts in ... Read More

The challenges presented by cyber risk have always loomed large for IT and business leaders in financial services. But today they have arguably reached a tipping point. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) devotes a whole chapter to the topic in its latest Global Financial Stability Report. It claims that more ... Read More

Regulatory compliance is a fact of life for any business. And for those that accept, process, store or transmit credit card information, that means ensuring they meet the exacting requirements of PCI DSS. The card industry data security standard is two decades old this year, and its latest iteration promises ... Read More

Insurance is fundamentally a data-driven business. The insights that carriers can extract from the vast volumes of customer data they process can add huge competitive advantage–enabling them to detect fraud and optimize premium pricing more effectively. But this often highly sensitive data is also a risk in itself—from a compliance ... Read More