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Summer Reading & Banking's Transition

Looking for summer reading?

Just finished a new book, "Late Edition," by one of my favorite writers, Bob Greene. This is a touching, often funny memoir of Greene's days as a newspaper rookie in Columbus, Ohio in the 1960s.

President's Cybersecurity Report Acknowledges Our Work

To be filed under the category of "One small step, one giant leap ..."

It's just come to my attention that when President Obama revealed his administration's cybersecurity policy at the end of May, the document's introduction featured a prominent reference to an article published on our sites in February of this year.

Madoff: The Sentence Fits the Crime

Can you imagine what the world will be like another 150 years from now, when Bernard Madoff's prison sentence expires?

Springtime - When the Government's Fancy Turns to ... Regulatory Reform?

OK, so healthcare reform is in the headlines today. Can financial services regulatory reform be far behind?

GM Bankruptcy: What it Means to Banking, Security and Business

So, General Motors files for bankruptcy today. Whoever thought such an event would unfold in our lifetimes - that the U.S. leader in one of the top industries of the 20th century would sputter into the 21st and end up broken down beside the road, like a car whose owner neglected to heed the "Check engine" light?

All the News That's Fit to Tweet

ISMG Now Offers Updates Via Twitter
It's "tweet" time! Information Security Media Group (ISMG) has just registered with Twitter.com to start providing regular updates to audience members who also are enjoying the tweet life.

OK, so I know some of you out there are still kinda dying to know, but don't dare to ask - what is Twitter?

Today's the Deadline for Filing Heartland Fraud Claims - Now What?

OK, so today's the day.

After two months of anxious anticipation, today is May 19, the deadline Visa set for financial institutions to file fraud claims related to the Heartland Payment Systems (HPY) data breach.

So...now what?

Cybersecurity, Biometrics, the Pandemic and Other Hot Topics

OK, back home and back in the office fulltime after a couple of weeks on the road to California for the RSA Conference and a bit of R&R. Some observations as I clear my desk ...

RSA Wrap-Up: Annual Banking Survey Results Debut at Show

I'd like to think we saved the best for last.

This past Friday, as the annual RSA Conference concluded, I presented the results of our annual Banking Information Security Today survey to a surprisingly packed house of banking/security leaders, regulators, consultants and vendors.

Hathaway Speech Lacks Substance

She did a Geithner.

In making her first public appearance since delivering her long-awaited cybersecurity review to President Obama last week, Melissa Hathaway took to the stage at the RSA Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday. And she did exactly what Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was criticized for when he made his first public appearance to discuss how the Obama administration would tackle economic recovery.