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Hands-On Cybersecurity for Finance

By : Dr. Erdal Ozkaya, Milad Aslaner
Book Image

Hands-On Cybersecurity for Finance

By: Dr. Erdal Ozkaya, Milad Aslaner

Overview of this book

Organizations have always been a target of cybercrime. Hands-On Cybersecurity for Finance teaches you how to successfully defend your system against common cyber threats, making sure your financial services are a step ahead in terms of security. The book begins by providing an overall description of cybersecurity, guiding you through some of the most important services and technologies currently at risk from cyber threats. Once you have familiarized yourself with the topic, you will explore specific technologies and threats based on case studies and real-life scenarios. As you progress through the chapters, you will discover vulnerabilities and bugs (including the human risk factor), gaining an expert-level view of the most recent threats. You'll then explore information on how you can achieve data and infrastructure protection. In the concluding chapters, you will cover recent and significant updates to procedures and configurations, accompanied by important details related to cybersecurity research and development in IT-based financial services. By the end of the book, you will have gained a basic understanding of the future of information security and will be able to protect financial services and their related infrastructures.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)

Failure in implementing security policies

Almost every organization has a set of security policies. These policies are created to provide guidance on how the organization can be kept secure at all times. Security policies address a wide scope of threat landscapes. They include guidelines on passwords, user privileges, auditing, acquisition of organizational devices and services, and the use of organizational resources among many other things. Security policies tend to be a bit strict and they are a safe bet that the organization will be kept secure. However, only a few organizations apply these security policies.

One of the reasons why there is a failure in the implementation of security policies is due to the lack of compliance by the employees. If employees are made aware of these policies but they do not follow them, they fail to comply with the very measures put to protect...