February 9, 2016 - The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), the body responsible for ensuring the operational integrity of the Global Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) System, today launched its data quality management program.

February 9, 2016 - A year after Kaspersky Lab warned that cyber-criminals would start to adopt the tools and tactics of nation-state backed APTs in order to rob banks, the company has confirmed the return of Carbanak as Carbanak 2.0 and uncovered two more groups working in the same style: Metel and GCMAN. They attack financial organizations using covert APT-style reconnaissance and customized malware along with legitimate software and new, innovative schemes to cash out.

February 8, 2016 - The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published the final rules confirming their approach to improving individual accountability for those carrying out wholesale activities, such as algorithmic and high-frequency trading, in banks, building societies, and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) designated investment firms.

February 8, 2016 - In an ongoing effort to protect the accounts and account information of its users, Gyft is notifying users who may have been affected by a security incident.

February 4, 2016 - Given the increase in threats and vulnerabilities introduced to the market on a daily basis, the process of moving company data securely is critical to the role of IT teams. Today, Ipswitch announced the findings of their new surveythat evaluated the current file transfer solutions and policies in place for 555 IT professionals across the globe. The survey found that while IT teams believe secure file transfers are very important to their organizations, they lack the necessary tools to do so.

February 4, 2016 - Software AG (Frankfurt TecDAX: SOW) today shared its predictions for capital markets in 2016, derived from its expertise, market observations and interactions with its customers.

February 2, 2016 - Incidents of new account fraud in the US doubled last year, as criminals switched tactics in response to the introduction of EMV chip cards.