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IT for financial services

• July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14

  Why using voice biometrics is a good idea

  Banks and other organisations are turning to voice biometrics, but why do they believe the technology is good idea?

• July 07, 2014 07 Jul'14

  Smart light bulbs get security update

  Smart light bulb maker LIFX has issued a firmware update after security researchers exposed a security weakness

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Barclays passes government’s ‘internet-born threat’ test

  Barclays Bank has been awarded the government’s cyber security certificate for digital banking services after independent tests of services such as Pingit

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Security Think Tank: The dos and don’ts of a good incident response plan

  What does a good information security incident response plan look like?

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  Facebook apologises over psychological experiments

  Facebook has apologised over the controversial psychological experiments carried out on 689,000 users without their consent in 2012

• July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14

  Industrial control systems increasingly under attack, says Kaspersky

  Targeted attacks on industrial control systems take place on a regular and increasing basis, says Kaspersky Lab

• June 30, 2014 30 Jun'14

  Facebook under fire over secret experiment on users

  Facebook has come under fire for conducting a psychology experiment on 689,000 users without their consent

• June 27, 2014 27 Jun'14

  Wearable tech must comply with privacy laws, warns ICO

  Wearable technology must comply with UK data privacy laws, warns the ICO

• June 27, 2014 27 Jun'14

  Google begins complying with European takedown requests

  Google has begun removing search results in response to takedown requests from European citizens

• June 17, 2014 17 Jun'14

  IFDS integrates UK and India service centres

  International Financial Data Services has implemented software to balance workloads across UK and Indian delivery centres

• June 17, 2014 17 Jun'14

  Domino’s breach underlines value of personal data, say experts

  The latest cyber breach to hit a high-profile brand underlines the high value of personal data, say security experts

• June 16, 2014 16 Jun'14

  Technology key to secure document future, says UK Home Office

  Physical security is just as important as digital security in documents such as passports, says UK Home Office

• June 16, 2014 16 Jun'14

  Microsoft admits running out of IP addresses for Azure

  Microsoft has assured US Azure customers data remains in the US, despite running out of US-registered IP addresses at times

• June 12, 2014 12 Jun'14

  HSBC makes executives responsible for application consolidation

  In the next few weeks, senior executives at HSBC globally will have KPIs to reduce the number of applications they run

• June 11, 2014 11 Jun'14

  Tesco Bank launches current account on off-the-shelf platform

  Tesco has launched a current account four years after implementing its core banking platform

• June 11, 2014 11 Jun'14

  EE drives mobile phone deals with CRM software implementation

  Mobile phone operator Everything Everywhere claims a 400% increase in phone deals after rolling out customer relationship management software

• June 09, 2014 09 Jun'14

  Turing Test 2014 marks historic milestone in artificial intelligence

  A computer program has made history by passing the artificial intelligence test set by computer science pioneer Alan Turing

• June 06, 2014 06 Jun'14

  Microsoft retaliates to China’s Windows 8 spying claims

  Microsoft has launched a social media campaign against China’s claims that Windows 8 is being used for US spying

• June 05, 2014 05 Jun'14

  CIOs should 'leave innovation to marketing'

  CIOs should focus on managing the technical infrastructure and leave innovation to other parts of the business – conclusion of a major study.

• June 02, 2014 02 Jun'14

  Cyber threats hiding in plain sight, says Palo Alto Networks

  Cyber attackers exploit commonly used business applications to bypass security controls, research shows

• May 30, 2014 30 May'14

  UK shoe retailer Office hit by data breach

  Data breach at UK shoe retailer Office prompts calls for online firms to beef up security around customer details

• May 30, 2014 30 May'14

  IT supplier insolvencies fall for first time as economy recovers

  Technology companies have reached a turning point as insolvencies fall for the first time in 2014

• May 30, 2014 30 May'14

  Google launches right-to-be-forgotten application form

  Google has introduced an online application form for Europeans who want personal data to be removed from online search results

• May 28, 2014 28 May'14

  CIO interview: Ian Cohen, CIO, Jardine Lloyd Thompson

  Running a programme to transform the business is the wrong way to go about change, according to Ian Cohen, CIO at insurance broker JLT

• May 27, 2014 27 May'14

  Android Outlook app has privacy issues, warn researchers

  Microsoft’s Outlook.com app for Android is exposing users' data, warn security researchers

• May 23, 2014 23 May'14

  eBay under fire over handling of data breach

  eBay is coming under increasing criticism over its handling of the data breach that exposed millions of user records

• May 22, 2014 22 May'14

  Case study: Bank of America and Nationwide use in-branch telepresence

  Bank of America and Nationwide implement video conferencing technology to enable customers to speak to banking specialists

• May 21, 2014 21 May'14

  Tablet banking to quickly overtake mobile banking

  The number of people in Europe banking on tablets will grow at twice the rate of those on mobile phones, with security concerns not a major driver

• May 20, 2014 20 May'14

  US cyber criminal jailed for 20 years

  US authorities have jailed a cyber criminal for 20 years, for trading in stolen credit cards and identities

• May 16, 2014 16 May'14

  Internet of things security is relevant to business, says researcher

  Internet of things is relevant to enterprise information security professionals, says researcher

• May 16, 2014 16 May'14

  Minnesota passes mobile kill switch law to stop theft

  Minnesota has become the first US state to introduce legislation aimed at reducing the theft of smartphones

• May 16, 2014 16 May'14

  Net neutrality under threat from US plan

  The US telecoms regulator has approved proposals that opponents believe will quash the principle of net neutrality

• May 09, 2014 09 May'14

  Orange data breach underlines need for encryption, say experts

  The theft of 1.3 million customer records from Orange, France underlines the need for encryption, say experts

• May 08, 2014 08 May'14

  Internet privacy could thwart data security, warns expert

  Steps to improve online privacy could thwart data security, warns security expert Hugh Thompson

• May 01, 2014 01 May'14

  Co-operative Bank report reveals challenge of legacy IT replacement

  A report into the £1.5bn losses at Co-operative Bank reveals numerous failures in a project to replace core banking systems

• April 30, 2014 30 Apr'14

  Infosec 2014: Threat knowledge is key to cyber security, say experts

  Business should improve awareness of cyber risks to stay ahead of criminals, say experts

• April 30, 2014 30 Apr'14

  Software developers suffer as IT companies endure rising insolvencies

  Increase in the number of IT insolvencies expected as the economy improves

• April 29, 2014 29 Apr'14

  UK and Ireland cyber attacks up 300% in 2013, says FireEye

  UK and Ireland enterprises were hit by an average of more than 70 new infections a day in 2013, a report shows

• April 25, 2014 25 Apr'14

  Cyber threat detection paramount, says SANS fellow

  Cyber threat prevention is ideal, but detection is a must, says Eric Cole, SANS Institute fellow

• April 25, 2014 25 Apr'14

  Heartbleed prompts tech firms to pledge open-source support

  Top tech firms have joined forces to support open-source software to help prevent future bugs like Heartbleed

• April 24, 2014 24 Apr'14

  Facebook reports strong quarter driven by mobile ads

  Facebook has beaten analyst expectations with first-quarter profits of $642m and revenues of $2.5bn, up 72%

• April 11, 2014 11 Apr'14

  Co-op Bank plans to 'fix the fundamentals' and invest in IT

  The Co-operative Bank intends to invest in IT systems following a troubled year

• April 11, 2014 11 Apr'14

  Microsoft halts Windows 8.1 update for businesses due to bug

  Microsoft has suspended the Windows 8.1 update for business users because of a bug.

• April 10, 2014 10 Apr'14

  TCG releases TPM 2 specification for improved security

  The Trusted Computing Group has published an updated specification for the Trusted Platform Module

• April 08, 2014 08 Apr'14

  Workday sees opportunity for cloud financial management in Europe

  Workday plans to push cloud finance and accounting services to enterprise in Europe, but observers say its background in HR technology may prove an obstacle

• April 03, 2014 03 Apr'14

  RBS IT head Mike Errington retires

  Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) IT head Mike "Offshore Errington" is to retire after months of speculation during the bank's cost-cutting operation

• April 02, 2014 02 Apr'14

  Study alleges deeper NSA influence on RSA

  RSA adopted a second NSA-developed encryption tool, increasing the agency's spying capabilities, a study claims

• April 01, 2014 01 Apr'14

  UK update to copyright law imminent

  The UK is to update its 1988 copyright law for the digital age in line with a nearly three-year-old review

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  Google says government data requests are up 120% since 2009

  Government requests for information about Google customers, have increased by 120% since 2009

• March 27, 2014 27 Mar'14

  Security an unnecessary expense, say one in six techies

  One in six IT professionals see security as an unnecessary expense, a study has revealed