Tag: financial services


Oct 13, 2022
Why banks need to act now or risk non-compliance with new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) guidance
If the gauntlet hadn’t been thrown before to protect financial and banking customers’ data, it’s definitely lying on the floor now. The recent circular bulletin from the CFPB makes it clear that financial institutions can’t slow-walk any security upgrades: “Inadequate security for the sensitive consumer information collected, processed, maintained, or stored by the company can …

How PCI DSS 4.0 and CFPB Circular 2022-04 are re-shaping authentication across financial services
The recent PCI DSS 4.0 and Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2022-24 setting guidelines for phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA) for user access to critical systems and customer-facing digital services have set the stage to change how financial services organizations should be thinking about their security investments not just for today but for future regulatory changes.

Sep 15, 2021
Why Financial Services Shouldn’t Wait for Regulators to Address Strong Authentication
Financial institutions face some of the most stringent and complex regulatory requirements, including financial service compliance requirements around authentication. So much so that the financial service industry is broadly considered the gold standard from a compliance perspective. To comply with existing regulations and thwart cyber attacks, financial institutions were early adopters of two-factor authentication (2FA) …

Modern strong authentication and compliance for Financial Services: How the YubiKey meets global Financial Services regulations
Read this white paper to learn how strong authentication using the YubiKey can help financial institutions stay protected against cyber attacks, and meet regulatory compliance for FFIEC, PCI DSS, GLBA, PSD2, eIDAS, SOX, SOC2, GDPR, and more.

Aug 26, 2021
Hybrid work driven by Covid-19 prompts a shift in financial services security priorities
All industries are dealing with the thorny issue of who comes back to work during the pandemic and who doesn’t, and the return-to-work plans will diverge depending on each enterprise’s needs and culture. But banks, financial institutions, and many other players in the financial services industry are paying close attention to the security perils of …
Protecting financial organizations from cyber security threats
How PCI DSS 4.0 and CFPB Circular 2022-04 are re-shaping authentication across financial services The recent PCI DSS 4.0 and Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2022-24 setting guidelines for phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA) for user access to critical systems and customer-facing digital services have set the stage to change how financial services organizations should be thinking …