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The Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC's) exam divisionis warning financial services businesses to immediately reviewtheir cybersecurity controls, as phishing and ransomware attacksare on the rise.
|In a just-released risk alert, the agency's Office of ComplianceInspections and Examinations (OCIE) warns that while recent reportsindicate that one or more threat actors have used phishing andransomware measures to penetrate financial institution networks,OCIE "has observed ransomware attacks impacting service providersto registrants."
|OCIE urged SEC registrants and other financial services marketparticipants to monitor the cybersecurity alerts published by theDepartment of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and InfrastructureSecurity Agency (CISA), including the updated alert published on June 30 relating to recent ransomwareattacks.
|OCIE encouraged registrants to share the updated CISA guidancewith their third-party service providers, particularly with thosethat maintain client assets and records for registrants.
|While the CISA alert highlights key mitigation strategies toreduce overall vulnerability, OCIE notes that because there's no"one size fits all" approach, OCIE provides its own observations toassist market participants on ways to enhance cybersecuritypreparedness and operational resiliency.
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See also:
- Arming Corporate Treasurers for CybercrimeCombat
- Partners in Cybercrime Fighting
- Managing Risk in the Cloud: A Guide for CorporateTreasurers
- Who's Legally Liable for a Risk ManagementFailure?
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From: ThinkAdvisor
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Melanie Waddell
Melanie is senior editor and Washington bureau chief of ThinkAdvisor. Her ThinkAdvisor coverage zeros in on how politics, policy, legislation and regulations affect the investment advisory space. Melanie’s coverage has been cited in various lawmakers’ reports, letters and bills, and in the Labor Department’s fiduciary rule in 2023. In 2019, Melanie received an Honorable Mention, Range of Work by a Single Author award from @Folio. Melanie joined Investment Advisor magazine as New York bureau chief in 2000. She has been a columnist since 2002. She started her career in Washington in 1994, covering financial issues at American Banker. Since 1997, Melanie has been covering investment-related issues, holding senior editorial positions at American Banker publications in both Washington and New York. Briefly, she was content chief for Internet Capital Group’s EFinancialWorld in New York and wrote freelance articles for Institutional Investor. Melanie holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Towson University. She interned at The Baltimore Sun and its suburban edition.
