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      Cybersecurity Arrangements at Asset Management Firms Need to be Improved - Central Bank

      2020-03-10

      Central Bank: The Central Bank has today published the findings of a Thematic Inspection into the cybersecurity risk management practices in Asset Management firms. The purpose of the Inspection was to determine the adequacy of cybersecurity controls and cybersecurity risk management practices of the inspected firms and to identify good practices.

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      FBI Working to 'Burn Down' Cyber Criminals' Infrastructure

      2020-03-04

      ABC News: To thwart increasingly dangerous cyber criminals, law enforcement agents are working to “burn down their infrastructure” and take out the tools that allow them to carry out their devastating attacks, FBI Director Christopher Wray said.

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      Biden May Not Be Savvy About Big Tech, but He Understands Cybersecurity

      2020-03-03

      Coindesk: The world of blockchain, unsurprisingly, is not exactly Joe Biden’s bailiwick. But don’t let his age fool you. He’s not blind to tech, data privacy or the thorny issues of digital misinformation. For instance, he recently called for the revoking of Section 230 (which protects companies like Facebook from liability for material published on its networks), saying Facebook “is not merely an internet company. It is propagating falsehoods they know to be false.”

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      Optima Partners Selects Drawbridge Partners Connect Platform

      2020-03-02

      Hedgeweek: DrawbridgeConnect allows customers to aggregate cybersecurity program data to drive analysis and determine program strength, remediation, and create and manage a resilient program to fulfil evolving regulatory and investor demands.

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      Hackers Hit $34B Angeles Investment Advisors

      2020-02-28

      Institutional Investor: Hackers this week took over the email account of Michael Rosen, chief investment officer of consulting and asset management firm Angeles Investment Advisors. 

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      'Almost 90% of it Could Have Been Prevented': How Wealth Managers can Fend Off Hackers

      2020-02-26

      City Wire: Former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent Scott Augenbaum offered his top tips for how wealth managers can protect their clients and their portfolios from hackers.

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      Are Your Clients Safe? Cybersecurity Expert Warns Wealth Managers Over Hacking Risks

      2020-02-20

      City Wire: Financial firms and their employees could be doing much more to protect their assets and those of their clients as cybercrime will become one of the biggest risks they face over the next decade, according to cybersecurity expert and former FBI agent Scott Augenbaum.

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      MGM Hack Exposes Personal Data of 10.6 Million Guests

      2020-02-20

      BBC: The data exposed included names, address, and passport numbers for former guests. MGM said it was "confident" no financial information had been exposed. The resort chain said it was unable to say exactly how many people were impacted because information that was exposed might be duplicated.

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      ForgePoint Capital Raises $450M for its Second Cybersecurity Investment Fund

      2020-02-19

      Silicon Angle: The venture capital firm has been a prolific investor in cybersecurity startups. Investments included access control startup Remediant Inc. in August, app security startup NowSecure in June and IoT security provider Mocana Corp. in March. Fund II focus areas include cyber intelligence, privacy, security services and infrastructure protection.

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      Dell Sells RSA to Consortium Led by Symphony Technology Group for Over $2B

      2020-02-18

      Tech Crunch: Dell Technologies announced that it was selling legacy security firm RSA for $2.075 billion to a consortium of investors led by Symphony Technology Group. Other investors include Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board and AlpInvest Partners.

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