文档介绍：ISSN 1361-3723
April 2005
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NEWS
Online banking - catch 22 Online banking - catch 22 1
Hi-tech crime costs £ billion 2
UK bank, HSBC, will not give up pushing online banking, despite the
threats anized gangs against users, said the banks' Firearms expert in charge of National Hi-
Group Operating Officer, Alan Jebson, at the recent E-Crime Congress Tech Crime Unit 2
in London.
Citibank call centre fraud reveals Indian data
"We want to see as many customers as possible using online banking," said Jebson.
protection deficit 3
"Going online has increased productivity," he said. However, the bank is engaged in a
constant cat and mouse game to stop electronic fraudsters exploiting the new system Reuters IM service shut down by worm 3
loopholes to steal money.
HSBC has million registered users to safeguard, some of which have Toxic blogs 4
already been tricked into exposing their account details to phishers, said Jebson.
Disclosure - time to ask the users 4
"Customers are no longer sure that emails sent from banks are genuine."
In fact consumer mistrust is directly affecting the takeup of online banking services
according to analyst firm, Forrester. FEATURES
bat phishing and other threats HSBC is in daily contact with law enforcement
to get dubious sites closed down. Analysis
Also, in an industry response the financial services sector as a whole is moving Choicepoint saga repercussions 5
towards two-factor and three-factor Biometrics
authentication.
Combining biometric measurements for
"But the harder we make it for criminals, the more inconvenient it is for customers,"
security applications 7
said Jebson.
IP Theft
Managing Intellectual Property 14
Two-layers of biometric measurements Disaster Recovery
to ensure security From incident to disaster 17
One biometric can’t do it all... Software flaws
Evolution of vulnerability assessment 19
Biometric technology is being embraced by Governments