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Is PhoneFactor really better security?
I received an e-mail today trying to enlist me in a marketing campaign for PhoneFactor. Of course, it was presented as a way to help myself, to encourage my bank to provide me with better security, but the ultimate goal was to get me to tell my bank that...
Tags: Bank, PhoneFactor, Financial Services, Security, Chad Perrin
Blog posts 2008-05-28
Underground marketplace sells your personal data for a hefty profit
Always been skeptical of those astronomically high monetary figures quoted by the media in cases of information theft or unintended disclosures? Same here. The discovery by McAfee security researcher Francois Paget of an underground marketplace touting top-quality information though, could perhaps narrow the incredulity gap a little. ...
Tags: Credit Card, Information, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2008-05-09
Crimeware-as-a-Service: The next great thing in malicious attacks
We have all learned the hard ugly truth about malicious software and the proliferation of software available to do horrible things to our computers. But Crimeware-as-a Service? I think that, secretly, many IT professionals give computer criminals very little thought. I, for one, have difficulty conjuring a sinister image....
Tags: Criminal, Finjan Software Inc., Malicious Attack, Crimeware-as-a-Service, Social Security, Productivity, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Viruses And Worms, Security, Government, Finance, Tricia Liebert
Blog posts 2008-04-09
The choice -- To be right or be effective?
I was in a staff meeting a couple of weeks ago when the answer given by one of our senior staff members to a question was "Well I have a choice, I can be right or I can be effective - I am choosing to be effective." ...
Tags: Choice, Banking, Financial Services, Ramon Padilla
Blog posts 2008-04-06
Are tech startups losing their cool in Silicon Valley?
Silicon Valley may be in the process of repeating the labor cycle from the dot-com boom and bust, when tech workers fled to startups in droves during the boom and then quickly abandoned them for the safety of the IT blue bloods during the bust. Over the...
Tags: Silicon Valley, Start-up, Y2K, Workforce Management, Telephony, IPO, Web 2.0, Human Resources, Networking, Financial Services, Internet, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2008-03-13
How IT uncovered a prostitution ring and nailed the New York governor
Through the power of data mining and the cooperation of U.S. banks and multiple U.S. federal agencies (seriously!), IT systems helped federal authorities track down a major prostitution ring, uncover their money-laundering scheme, and identify one of their customers as New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who was also allegedly engaging...
Tags: U.S., Information Technology, New York, Emphasis, Eliot Spitzer, Governor, FinCEN, Strategy, Financial Services, Management, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2008-03-11
Risk Management
View Available Dates and Locations Why be reactive, when you can be proactive? If you are tired of having to pull your team off critical path activities to deal with the crisis of the day, effective risk management is the solution. Risk management, as an integrated ...
Tags: Risk Management, Financial Planning, Strategy, Financial Services, Security, Finance, Management
Training 2008-02-01
How does a possible recession affect IT?
According to Ubuntu's CEO, Mark Shuttleworth, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke made a mistake in reducing the interest rate that banks charge each other for overnight loans by 0.75%. The large reductions in interest rates pushed by former Fed chief Alan Greenspan were an easier pill to swallow because...
Tags: Andy Moon, Ben Bernanke, Boston Globe, Finance, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Hardware, Information Technology, Interest Rate, Management, Mark Shuttleworth, Sales, Sales Strategy, Storage, Strategy
Blog posts 2008-01-23
The year of the missing identity
2007 seems to have been the year of the missing identity. Most recently, the Globe and Mail reported that a computer tape is missing from Iron Mountain, a data storage company. The tape is believed to have information on 650,000 credit card holders, including customers of J.C. Penney...
Tags: Credit Card, Customer, Identity, Credit Card Fraud, Sales Channel, Identity Theft, Financial Services, Social Security, Sales, Security, Government, Tricia Liebert
Blog posts 2008-01-18
Check these six areas when managing your budget
Many project managers need to estimate the total cost of a project and then track the project expenditures to ensure they stay within the budget. They usually have automated reports from accounting that help them determine the total money spent to date. If he doesn't have that,...
Tags: Expense, Change Management, Leadership, Financial Services, Tools & Techniques, Management, Tom Mochal
Blog posts 2008-01-14
IT News Digest Week in Review, December 20, 2007
For the last IT News Digest Week in Review of 2007, I decided to do something special. Hear my take on some of the tech news stories that were covered on TechRepublic this past week in true Christmas caroler fashion. The story topics include information about the broadcasting industry, an...
Tags: Information Technology, Banking, Strategy, Financial Services, Management, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2007-12-20
Trojan attacks bank accounts, automates wire transfers
Anti-virus vendor SecureWorks has raised an alert on a variant of the Prg Trojan that pilfers commercial bank accounts by initiating wire transfers. An excerpt from SC Magazine: The latest attack is being orchestrated by a German group working in conjunction with UpLevel, a Russian malware-developing...
Tags: Bank, Awareness, Trojan Horse, Malware, Money, Attack, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Banking, Cyberthreats, Phishing, Security, Viruses And Worms, Financial Services, Spam And Phishing, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2007-12-18
CompUSA to close shop
An "orderly wind-down" was initiated after CompUSA was acquired by a private equity firm. According to CNET News.com: ... it was sold to Specialty Equity, an affiliate of private equity firm Gordon Brothers Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but the immediate result is...
Tags: CompUSA Inc., Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-12-07
Browser-based man-in-the-middle attacks on the rise
Security firm F-secure reports that hackers are implanting malware into browsers that trigger only when users access banking sites. These attacks that specifically target several banks are harder to tackle with generic patches. An excerpt from TechWorld: Once a user's PC is infected, the malicious code...
Tags: Bank, Web Browser, Attack, Security, Financial Services, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2007-11-27
How to manage invoicing and receivables as an independent consultant
Once you're in business for yourself, the third question you have to ask (after you've successfully answered "Where do I find any business?" and "How do I get it all done?") is "How do I bill and keep track of who owes me money?" Way...
Tags: Accounting, Receivables, Consultant, Invoice, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Chip Camden
Blog posts 2007-11-02
Product activation crashes bank ATM
An ATM located in Tbilisi, Georgia, has crashed with what appears to be a standard Windows message box, except that it is not. As noted by alert folks over at The Inquirer, "... upon closer inspection it seems the bank had forgotten to activate its natty software."...
Tags: Bank, ATM, Microsoft Windows, Network Technology, Networking, Financial Services, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-10-04
Is your credit card data at risk?
A new report details the issues involved in the recent security breaches that caused millions of TJX and OfficeMax customers' credit card data to be exposed. The News.com article points out that while your credit card data is safe enough when you swipe it in a store, that data...
Tags: Credit Card, Credit Card Data, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Andy Moon
Blog posts 2007-09-18
Citrix to acquire XenSource in deal worth $500 million
XenSource, whose founders helped develop the open-source Xen hypervisor, will be acquired by Citrix Systems in a $500 million deal. The acquisition announcement, just yesterday, comes hot on the heel of VMware's IPO of 33 million shares. (TechRepublic Blogs: VMware comes of age in IPO) The...
Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., VMware Inc., XenSource Inc., Virtualization, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, IPO, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Research & Development, Hardware, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Financial Services, Storage, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-08-15
VMware comes of age in IPO
In what must have been one of the most closely watched events involving a technological company this year, VMware launched its IPO on the NYSE New York Stock Exchange just yesterday. The initial sale price of $29 per share for 33 million shares is expected to raise...
Tags: VMware Inc., Virtualization, IPO, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Financial Services, Storage, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-08-15
Amazon does a la PayPal or CheckOut with its new Flexible Payment Service
Amazon, the immensely successful e-commerce site, has unveiled its Flexible Payment Service Amazon FPS. The online payment service will take on competitors such as eBay's PayPal and Google's CheckOut. The service provides developers with APIs for accepting credit card and debit card payments....
Tags: Payment, Payment Service, Amazon.com Inc., PayPal, Service, Checkout, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2007-08-08
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