NCC Group Strengthens Commitment to FinTechs with Ashurst FinTech Legal Labs Partnership
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Data
Global cyber security and risk mitigation expert, NCC Group, has partnered with Ashurst FinTech Legal Labs, the business accelerator programme provided by global law firm Ashurst, to strengthen cyber resilience across FinTech businesses by collaborating on legal, innovation and cyber security initiatives.
SmartSearch Makes FT list of Fast-Growing European Firms
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Security, Data Protection
Leading anti-money-laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch has made the latest Financial Times’ annual list of the fastest-growing European companies for the third year running. The FT 1000 lists the European companies that have achieved the highest compound annual growth rate in revenue from 2016 to 2019. SmartSearch is ranked at 700, off the back of an absolute growth rate of 227.2% across the period.
CaixaBank to Participate in Personal Data Protection Research Consortium
- 3 years 4 months ago
- Data Protection
Together with another 11 international companies and organisations, CaixaBank has initiated a new benchmark project focusing on the protection of privacy and personal data as outlined within the framework of the Horizon 2020 programme, funded by the European Union.
FreedomPay Announces Kount as Strategic Partner for Fraud Prevention and Data Protection Globally
- 3 years 4 months ago
- Security, Data Protection, Fraud Detection
FreedomPay, a global leader in Next Level Commerce™ today announced a new strategic partnership with Kount, the leader in fraud prevention and identity trust, to offer a fully integrated Identity Trust solution built into FreedomPay’s data-driven commerce platform. Together, the two companies offer businesses of varying sizes, geographies, and verticals a purpose-built fraud prevention solution that adapts to the constantly evolving digital... more
Featurespace Named Overall Winner of Global Fast Track Programme at Hong Kong FinTech Week
- 3 years 5 months ago
- Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Fraud Detection, Compliance, Security, Risk Management
Featurespace™, the leading provider of Enterprise Financial Crime prevention software, has been named the overall winner of the inaugural Global Fast Track Programme, a contest created to help local and global enterprises grow and accelerate innovation through Hong Kong's diverse fintech ecosystem.
Kompli-Global helps companies expose bad actors within their customer base
- 3 years 8 months ago
- RegTech, Security and Compliance, Data Protection, Fraud Detection, AML and KYC
Every major organisation in the United Kingdom has customers that are up to no good, potentially with criminal intentions. Fraudsters and money launderers are clever and, once through the onboarding process and into a company, are able to work and manipulate the system.
Almost half of organisations have been reported to the ICO for a potential data breach
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Data Protection
Apricorn, the leading manufacturer of software-free, 256-bit AES XTS hardware-encrypted USB drives today announced findings of its annual survey into the attitudes towards data breaches and the implementation of encryption technology within organisations. Almost half (43 per cent) of surveyed IT decision makers said that their organisation has been reported to the ICO since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect.
NICE Actimize and Infosys announce strategic partnership to offer end-to-end financial crime solutions
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Cloud, Security, Data Protection, Fraud Detection
NICE Actimize, a NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) business and a leader in Autonomous Financial Crime Management and Infosys (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, together today announced the expansion in their strategic collaboration. This global partnership will allow Infosys to offer its best-in-class delivery capabilities and resell NICE Actimize’s end-to-end financial crime software solutions through either a... more
Survey reveals consumers risk online security amid pandemic
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Data Protection, Fraud Detection
There is no question that the pandemic has created large-scale social and behavioural shifts among consumers. Not only has it fundamentally changed attitudes toward risk, but it is challenging expectations around online security, convenience and access, or lack thereof, to key staples, e.g. toilet paper purchased online, and other digital services.
Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud: a “Vaccine” Option for Cyber Threats
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Data Protection
Acronis, announced today the global launch of Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, the first and unique cyber protection solution that integrates backup, disaster recovery, next-generation anti-malware, anti-virus, cybersecurity and management tools all in one single console.
Semafone bolsters security with new PCI DSS certification for Cardprotect Relay+
- 4 years 1 month ago
- Security, Data Protection
Semafone®, the leading provider of data security and compliance solutions for call and contact centres, has achieved global certification under the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) for its omnichannel digital payments solution, Cardprotect Relay+.
Integris Software Releases Data Privacy Dictionary to Improve Global Data Privacy and Compliance
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Security, Data Protection
Today, on National Data Privacy Day, Integris Software introduces its Data Privacy Dictionary, a new tool to help data privacy, data governance and data protection professionals have a common lexicon to improve their communication and privacy management programs.
Druva Unveils Powerful Protection Capabilities for Key Amazon Web Services Workloads
- 4 years 4 months ago
- Cloud, Data Protection
Druva, Inc., the leader in Cloud Data Protection and Management, today announced extended data protection capabilities for Amazon Web Services (AWS) enterprise workloads, including innovative backup and data management for Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), long-term archiving for Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) snapshots and new global policies for AWS accounts.
Protecting Users Against ‘leakage’ of Private Information from Websites They Are Browsing is at the Heart of New South Australian Research, Which Aims to Reduce the Risk of Cyber Attack.
- 4 years 5 months ago
- Cybersecurity, Data Protection
The research will focus on microarchitectural threats where attackers can read or ‘sample’ data to potentially steal information. University of Adelaide cyber security expert Dr Yuval Yarom is leading the research, which aims to identify weak points in web-browsers that can leak private or sensitive information. “Whenever you visit a website, that website runs a programme on your computer,” Dr Yarom said. “If you visit multiple websites,... more
FICO and Visma Connect Launch Partnership to Offer SaaS Anti Financial Crime Solutions in Western-Europe
- 4 years 7 months ago
- Data Protection, Fraud Detection, Compliance, AML and KYC
Visma Connect, the leading Dutch critical payments services provider and FICO have launched a partnership to jointly deliver FICO’s best-in-class Anti-Financial Crime solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC), anti-money laundering (AML) and real-time sanctions screening to banks, FinTechs, payment institutions, PSD2 third-party providers and corporations.
