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Hands-On Cybersecurity for Finance

You're reading from   Hands-On Cybersecurity for Finance Identify vulnerabilities and secure your financial services from security breaches

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2019
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ISBN-13 9781788836296
Length 308 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Authors (2):
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Dr. Erdal Ozkaya Dr. Erdal Ozkaya
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Dr. Erdal Ozkaya
Milad Aslaner Milad Aslaner
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Preface 1. Introduction to Cybersecurity and the Economy FREE CHAPTER 2. Cyber Crime - Who the Attackers Are 3. Counting the Costs 4. The Threat Landscape 5. Phishing, Spamming, and Scamming to Steal Data and Money 6. The Malware Plague 7. Vulnerabilities and Exploits 8. Attacking Online Banking Systems 9. Vulnerable Networks and Services - a Gateway for Intrusion 10. Responding to Service Disruption 11. The Human Problem - Governance Fail 12. Securing the Perimeter and Protecting the Assets 13. Threat and Vulnerability Management 14. Audit, Risk Management, and Incident Handling 15. Encryption and Cryptography for Protecting Data and Services 16. The Rise of the Blockchain 17. Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity 18. The Quantum Future 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Attacking Online Banking Systems

Everyday, people use the internet in order to perform online bank transactions, purchase presents, and exchange personal and business information. In the United States alone, 70.4% of all adult internet users are leveraging digital banking, as depicted in the following diagram:

The financial services sector with its banks, e-commerce platforms, insurance companies, accountancy companies, and stock brokerages are aware of the importance of internet and therefore are transforming their business models to ensure their consumers are always able to reach them. Today, it's pretty much impossible to imagine having a bank account with a bank that doesn't offer online banking to perform quick transactions or even a bank without a smartphone app that allows the consumer to check their current balance. All of that data that companies in the financial...

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