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This PPT describes the security of fintech apps. Although not many FinTechs have invested heavily in security within the past few years, expanding the digital landscape, especially to the cloud environment, asks for an increase in cybersecurity investments. Cybersecurity must never be an afterthought for FinTech businesses in 2021.
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Introduction • Digital transformation across the financial landscape is moving at a quick pace for the past few years. Such an evolving environment makes it essential for banking and finance companies to maintain high standards and keep their technological infrastructure up to date to be compliant to the next level of standards for cybersecurity in FinTech. • Accenture’s 2019 Ninth Annual Cost of Cybercrime report stated that financial services had the highest share in cybercrime among all the industries across the world In 2018.
In the report, Accenture explained that as the industries go more digital and disrupt the existing environment, the threats will dramatically expand and become more complex. This increasing complexity will require innovative security procedures to protect companies’ digital ecosystem. Subsequently, the cost to build such security solutions will also be substantial – and growing.
One of the most prominent cybersecurity cases in FinTech • The largest finance industry data breach happened in September 2017 when one of the three largest consumer credit reporting agencies, Equifax, exposed 147 million customers’ personal data. • An unpatched Apache Struts vulnerability caused the data breach. Apache Struts was the framework for Equifax’s US-based web apps. The breached exposed customer names, date of birth, social security numbers, and other personal information. Due to the breach, several members of Equifax’s C-suite stepped down. • There were other incidents of cyberattacks in FinTech. In fact, after Equifax, several other data breaches in FinTech saw as many as 130 million, 90 million, and 76 million people affected.
How to overcome Cloud Security Challenges? • Banking and Financial institutions’ migration to the cloud necessitates changes in the way they govern and manage their IT environments from two perspectives:
Conclusion • Although not many FinTechs have invested heavily in security within the past few years, expanding the digital landscape, especially to the cloud environment, asks for an increase in cybersecurity investments. Cybersecurity must never be an afterthought for FinTech businesses in 2021.
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