Posted on 7th Jan 2013 by Gemalto
Happy New Year! As you wrapped up your holiday shopping and bought all the new gadgets for your loved ones last month, did you wonder at all what new and exciting technologies are in store for 2013? I always do, but I also know that with a new year comes International CES, the world’s largest [...]
Posted on 27th Apr 2012 by Ken Abbott
According to a private survey of B2B companies by SAP, social media and cloud computing rank as important tech trends to watch, but the most important is (drum roll): mobile. What? But there’s no massive paradigm shift, or the chance to spawn hundreds of new startups! No, it seems that we are just simply on [...]
Posted on 14th Mar 2012 by Gemalto
Facebook and Google have been under the spotlight recently for the way they deal with online identities. These are just some of the most high profile examples, but have helped drive heightened awareness of our online identities and privacy settings. This week’s SXSWi is understandably awash with debates about what the future might look like [...]
Posted on 6th Jul 2011 by Gemalto
In two consecutive weeks we saw headlines made by customer versus bank lawsuits relating to cybercrime. One judge ruled that questions and answers were good enough to protect the customer. Then, a separate judge rules that the bank should have detected a mere 100 wire transfers from an account after IDs, passwords, and its OTP token password were compromised. Who was right?
Posted on 6th Jul 2011 by Gemalto
Several weeks of harsh headlines explaining the tough battle of customers versus bank lawsuits and cybercrime.
In early June, a court in Maine ruled in favor of Ocean Bank in an ACH fraud lawsuit, stating that, “having verified IDs, passwords and requested challenge response questions, it acted in good faith by processing the ACH payments and Patco (the customer) was to blame for letting its details become compromised.” Recently, however, it appears that the opposite has occurred, when a ruling from a Texan judge favored the business which had been the victim of fraud.
Posted on 13th Jun 2011 by John Ahlberg
With the boom in online banking, Banks around the world are moving rapidly to expand their use of digital security devices – something you have – for eBanking and eCommerce. The move to a safer online experience using digital security devices to replace antiquated static passwords is universal and in the first of our series of 4 posts we’re looking at Asia.
Posted on 13th May 2011 by John Ahlberg
Top tip number 2. in our series of 5 reasons to use digital security devices for eBanking. More security is needed where cyber criminals are attacking — at the client’s PC used for online banking.
Posted on 7th Apr 2011 by Ray Wizbowski
To borrow another sentiment from the Wizard of Oz, we’re not in Kansas anymore. It seems the last six months have been filled with news of significant compromises to what was traditionally thought to be secure data exchanges and data stores. With these threats combined with regulatory pressures, increased cyber-terrorism and waning consumer confidence, layered security is no longer a nice to have – it is a must.
