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Not All Threats Are Equal: Can Financial Services Reduce Cyber Risk Through Automation

Sponsored by Rapid7
Thursday 22 October 2020, 12:30
Zoom

As the Coronavirus drives a rapid shift towards remote working, with employees logging on via unsecure networks and devices, financial services firms have become a target for cyber criminals looking to exploit vulnerabilities. As a result, a company is only as secure as the weakest endpoint in its remotely connected environment.

While financial organisations scramble to tackle external threats - from phishing to nation state attacks - the evolving landscape means many are overlooking the risk embedded within their own systems. Accelerated digital transformation brings with it new risks - with new web applications and software, cloud migration and growing volumes of data - meaning existing threat detection systems are failing to keep up.

The industry is looking to automated security processes, analytics and built-in agents to safeguard systems, but most are still stuck with outdated platforms which leave assets exposed to risks including human error, data breaches and malware.

This digital roundtable will bring together industry peers to discuss challenges, solutions and best practice in tackling cyber threats through automated technologies in an increasingly complex threat landscape.


Discussion topics:

• What has been your key priority for safeguarding systems during the COVID-19 transition to remote working?
  
  
• How are financial services firms using technology to differentiate between external threats and systemic risks?
  
  
• How can security automation change a company’s cyber defence strategy and in what way are employees’ attitudes towards it evolving?
  
  
• What technologies are businesses exploring to protect endpoints and connected environments, as well as mitigate the risks of third-party integration?
  
  
• What challenges are digital transformation and complex cloud environments posing for cyber security systems?
  
  
• How is security risk and threat detection prioritised and how are staff being trained to take an active role in defence?
  
  
• How are financial institutions dealing with dual challenge of nation state attack and malicious actors in the context of COVID-19 and their role as national infrastructure?
  
  
• What are the threats on the horizon and what strategies are financial services firms exploring to combat them?

Timings: 

12:30 – 12:40   Editor’s Welcome 
12:40 – 14:00   Topic Discussion

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