Here is Part 2 of Lessons learned from the Equifax Breach. See Part 1.
According to Whois, Equifax registered their Equifax Security 2017 site (would Equifax insecurity have been a better name I wonder?) in late August. Incidentally, this is a month *after* they claim to have witnessed suspicious network traffic associated with their US online dispute portal.
Yet they only informed the world via ...
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First, Props to @briankrebs for the evil Equifax logo.
While those unaffected by the Equifax breach have been stuffing their faces with proverbial popcorn as they watch the latest unveilings and press announcements, those worried that their most sensitive and identifying details have been leaked simply look on in horror, unknowing how to proceed.
The exact details of how the hackers made off with so much data remain fairly obscure. Equifax has
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Most Financial Services Institutions (FSIs) have digital technology at their core. And a primary responsibility for most FSIs is “cyber-connect” customers – be they organizations or individuals – with their money simply and seamlessly.
FSIs need to counterbalance these speedy, frictionless transactional experiences against the thousand-pound gorilla in the room, a.k.a: cybersecurity risk.
This Deloitte article in the Wall Street Journal distills the problem well: “Amid the massive technological transformation now underway in financial services, companies are being asked to become ...
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