By Eze Castle Integration – There’s a lot to fear in the cyber world and hackers’ techniques are only getting more advanced. Their weapons of choice vary in scope and substance, but regardless of the threat actor, investment management firms must employ rigid and resilient protections to ward off the
SEI has welcomed three new participants to Codify, the company’s new Regulation Technology (RegTech) incubator. Codify is the first London-based incubator designed solely for financial regulation technology developers. The incubator provides participants with crucial business resources and development opportunities, including office space in SEI’s UK headquarters for a minimum of four
CheckRecipient, a machine learning start-up that aims to end the problem of misaddressed emails, has raised USD2.7 million in a round co-led by Accel and LocalGlobe, with the participation of Winton Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners and Crane. Started in 2013 by three engineering graduates from Imperial College, CheckRecipient has developed
Social engineering schemes continue to grow in their sophistication, and phishing campaigns, in particular, are causing concern as they make their way to employee inboxes. These fraudulent email campaigns appear legitimate and take advantage of employees who are often too busy or simply unprepared to identify a scam (disclaimer: phishing
Cyber London (CyLon), the dedicated cyber security accelerator, has announced the eight security start-ups participating in its fifth programme. CyLon has already accelerated 31 companies since its launch in April 2015. CyLon writes that its cyber security accelerator consists of a three-month programme where entrepreneurial teams with innovative and disruptive
Cyber-security software firm ZoneFox has closed a GBP3.6 million Series A funding round led by Scottish business angel investment syndicate Archangels, with co-investment from The Scottish Investment Bank and TriCap. Based in Edinburgh, ZoneFox focuses on providing security systems that effectively combat the growing issue of insider threats to businesses
ACA Compliance Group has appointed Chad Neale as a managing director with ACA Aponix, its cybersecurity and risk division. Neale comes to ACA from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) where he was the director of cybersecurity and privacy/information security architect. In his role at PwC, Neale provided cyber assessment services to clients in
Fraud, cyber and security incidents are now the “new normal” for financial services companies across the world, according to the executives surveyed in the 2016/17 Kroll Annual Global Fraud and Risk Report. Nearly nine in 10 (89 per cent) executives in the sector reported that their company fell victim to
Increased protection against growing cybersecurity threats will be a top driver impact private equity firms’ IT spend in the next 12 months, according to a survey by Eze Castle Integration. The 2016 Private Equity CTO Survey, conducted in partnership with IDG Research, polled 101 senior-level executives. It found other
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted cloud IT solutions for alternative investment funds, has welcomed the launch of the UK’s new National CyberSecurity Strategy, which includes stepped up efforts to combat data breaches, identify theft, fraud and money laundering in the financial services sector. Abacus says its services already meet
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