Financial services firms under siege.EIGHTY-TWO PERCENT of financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. firms experienced an information security breach over the last year, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the results of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu's 2006 Global Security Survey, with 78 percent reporting an external attack (up from 26 percent a year earlier), and 49 percent reporting an internal attack (up from 35 percent in 2005, and only 14 percent in 2004). Forty-four percent of the 150 companies that responded to the survey said they were victims of both types of attacks. Viruses and worms led the pack for both internal and external breaches; phishing Pronounced "fishing," it is a scam to steal valuable information such as credit card and social security numbers, user IDs and passwords. Also known as "brand spoofing," an official-looking e-mail is sent to potential victims pretending to be from their ISP, bank or retail establishment. attacks and spyware were runners-up for the top external breaches, while insider fraud and leakage of customer data accounted for 28 and 18 percent of internal breaches respectively. Regulatory compliance and disaster recovery were among the top security initiatives of financial services organizations in 2006. @ MORE FROM THE DELOITTE SURVEY IS AT WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. .SECURITYMANAGEMENT.COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. . |
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