Cybersecurity and Risk Insights and Alerts

February 25, 2022

In light of recent geopolitical issues with Russia and Ukraine, both the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre and the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have released guidance on action steps firms can take to bolster and protect their cyber programs.

February 22, 2022

On 8-10 March, we bring together a wealth of financial services industry experts at our virtual conference. Over 3 days and 10 sessions, they’ll examine a wide variety of governance risk and compliance hot topics and challenges. Learn more about why you should add this event to your calendar.

February 14, 2022

Whaling will soon become one of the most prominent forms of cyberattacks, especially with firms that operate in remote and hybrid work environments. In this article, we describe: whaling attacks, their impact, how to prepare C-Suite executives to not fall victim to whaling attacks, and what to do if an executive is a victim.

February 10, 2022

The SEC recently voted to propose new rules to address cybersecurity risk management for registered investment advisers and investment companies. These proposed rules address multiple concerns related to cybersecurity risks to investment advisors, clients of investment advisors, private funds, and investors of private funds.

February 07, 2022

The first blog post in a multi-part series on cybersecurity insurance produced by ACA Aponix’s Thought Leadership Team. The objective of this series is to provide clients with the highest quality insights and expertise on the changing and evolving cyber insurance marketplace.

February 02, 2022

Multi-factor Authentication, while effective and widely accessible method of security, can be used in a cybercriminals’ ever-growing hacking portfolio. Hackers can now include the misappropriation of push notifications to bypass MFA—without needing access to a victim’s device.