The Security Stack: A Model for Understanding the Cybersecurity We Need
[ Source: CSC ]
January 2012-
Information security is no longer a mere compliance matter or the cost of doing business. It has become the primary business challenge that financial organizations must address.<br><br>
In the new era of cybersecurity threats, highly sophisticated adversaries seek not only to do harm but also to reside in the background undetected, so they can access your intellectual property, operational resources and mission-critical data. <br><br>
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A New Approach to Compensation Management for Insurance Companies
[ Source: Varicent ]
September 2011-
Insurance companies are looking for solutions that drive top line revenue growth, increase operational efficiencies, retain and reward top producers and reduce overall financial risk.<br><br>
Compensation Management is a highly complex process and vital to the success of an insurance company’s distribution channel strategy. In addition to operational efficiencies, improving compensation management systems can increase producer mindshare and align the channel’s priorities with organizational objectives.
Strengthen your Governance Risk and Compliance Program
[ Source: SAP ]
September 2011-
Read how insurance companies can gain added value through governance, risk and compliance, which embed rules, processes and controls in keeping their operating policies and strategic objectives. This provides greater transparency into daily operations helping identify potential risks and address them quickly.
Six Ways to Reduce PCI Audit Scope Using Tokenization
[ Source: nuBridges ]
October 2010-
Enterprises are seeking ways to simplify and reduce the scope of the Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance by shrinking the footprint where cardholder data is located throughout their organization. By reducing the scope, these enterprises can dramatically lower the cost and anxiety of PCI DSScompliance and significantly increase the chance of audit success.
Compliance with the PCI DSS is a combination of documented best practices and technology solutions ...
Best Practices in Encryption, Key Management and Tokenization
[ Source: nuBridges ]
July 2010-
Protecting sensitive and business-critical data is essential to a company’s reputation, profitability and business objectives. Companies know they can’t afford a data breach – customer churn, loss of business, brand damage, fines and litigation. In today’s global market, where business data and personal information know no boundaries, traditional point solutions that protect certain devices or applications against specific risks are insufficient to provide cross-enterprise data security.
As enterprises seek to protect data from ...
Managing Risk Intelligently: How to Leverage Business Intelligence to Improve Risk Management and Boost the Bottom Line
[ Source: Insurance & Technology ]
March 2009-
As the global economic crisis continues to batter the financial services industry, insurers’ very survival increasingly depends on their ability to manage risk. By weaving analytics into the fabrics of their organizations, innovative carriers are turning their massive stores of data into actionable intelligence, gaining a more complete view of their risk exposure and driving greater profitability to the bottom line.
Anti-Money Laundering: Helping Life Insurance Companies Mitigate Regulatory Risk
[ Source: SAS ]
June 2008-
The U.S. Department of Treasury released in October 2005 the final ruling that life insurance and annuity companies must implement money laundering-prevention programs and comply with Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) guidelines by May 2006. This white paper takes a brief look at ways SAS Anti-Money Laundering is designed to help these companies comply with regulations. You will learn about SAS' ability to detect a variety of suspicious activities. Anti-Money Laundering helps life insurance and annuity companies ...
Financial Services: Where's your Emergency Response Team?
[ Source: Sprint ]
December 2008-
Hurricane Katrina. A terrorist attack. A market panic. Even a planned presidential visit can disrupt communications. The costs can be extraordinary. Within minutes, a bank can lose millions of dollars due to disrupted financial transactions. Customers unable to reach a live agent can cause waves of panic within an insurers’ customer base. Sprint’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) ensures that financial services organizations will never miss an email or phone call. The team, staffed with ...
Verity Credit Union Reduces Helpdesk Costs and Increases Security Credentials with Imprivata OneSign
[ Source: Imprivata ]
June 2008-
Committed to continually enhancing the security of its members’ information, Verity Credit Union requires all employees to remember complicated passwords consisting of 12 characters to access several applications. "Unfortunately, the number and complexity of passwords led to slow log-on times or calls to the helpdesk for password resets. This negatively impacted productivity, our ability to serve members, and our helpdesk costs," explained Jon Wu, System Engineer for Verity Credit Union. The IT team wanted to make ...
Does Your Testing Practice Get a Passing Grade?
[ Source: CSC ]
April 2008-
Does Your Testing Practice Get a Passing Grade?