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Cyber-Insecurity: Will the Looming Regulatory Crackdown on Cybersecurity Practices Help Protect Financial Institutions from Attack?

By Lori Van Auken and Adam Jamieson
March 01, 2022

A slew of new regulations targeting the cybersecurity practices of financial institutions will come into effect during 2022. But will they have any real bearing on protecting financial firms from attack?

Recent attacks on critical links in our technology, energy and financial services supply chains have exposed alarming vulnerabilities in our infrastructure and thrust cybersecurity concerns to new heights. Sophisticated attackers, once focused on stealing personal and financial data, now appear determined to cause wide-spread disruption to operations and supply chains.

The number one issue worrying financial executives today is cybersecurity, according to the Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Treasury, Wally Adeyemo, and particularly the risks posed by third-party service providers. And for good reason. For instance, Microsoft recently discovered that the SolarWinds attackers have been targeting technology companies, including those that manage or resell cloud-computing services. As financial firms increasingly pursue outsourcing arrangements and move operations to the cloud, these concerns will only intensify.

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