Financial sector reforms failing to address tech frailty of banks - Intellect
June 20, 2013 - Tech trade body Intellect has criticised the recommendations from the Parliamentary Commission into Banking Standards for failing to address the technological frailties underpinning the UK banking sector.
New COBIT 5 Guide Identifies Top Three Cybersecurity Game Changers
June 19, 2013 - Cybercrime is on the rise, but will grow even faster if organizations ignore an emerging group of cybersecurity game changers: always-on connectivity, an increasingly IT-centric society, and a new class system that separates people by technology skills.
Regulatory and Risk Management Pressures Rising for U.S. Banks and Credit Unions
June 19, 2013 - U.S. banks and credit unions are feeling even greater regulatory and risk management pressures than they were at the start of 2013. That's according to the results of the first Regulatory & Risk Management Indicator conducted by Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, a comprehensive provider of compliance, risk management, finance and audit solutions and services.
IDC Market Study Shows Strong Gains for Co-Processors and Big Data
June 17, 2013 - The proportion of high performance computing (HPC) sites employing co-processors and accelerators more than doubled during the past two years, and a surprising two thirds of HPC sites are now performing Big Data analysis as part of their HPC workloads, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Study of HPC End-User Sites. The 2013 study included sites representing 905 HPC systems, more than double the 488 systems profiled in the 2011 version of the study, IDC announced at the International Supercomputing Conference in Leipzig today.
EU cybersecurity agency granted new mandate
June 18 , 2013 - European Union (EU) cybersecurity agency, Enisa has today (18 June) received a new Regulation, granting it a seven year mandate with an expanded set of duties.
UK risk managers cite cybercrime and data privacy as top concerns
June 14, 2013 - Cybercrime and data privacy are cited by UK company risk managers as the most concerning issue facing their business, according to research performed by insurer ACE at the recent annual conference held by Airmic, the UK association for risk and insurance managers.
Mobile Payments and Big Data Survey
June 10, 2013 - NGDATA today shared the results of their survey executed by Finextra in co-operation with Clear2Pay – sharing insights from 183 global bankers around issues like the monetization of mobile payments and the value and revenue that could be generated with the support of Big Data.
SSP Comments as Insurers Risk Being Left Behind as Telematics and Big Data Reach a Tipping Point
June 7, 2013 - Many insurers risk being left behind in the telematics revolution as their legacy systems cannot cope with or properly utilise the big data it generates, according to research by SSP.
