Advisor Domain: How Smaller Financial Firms Can Protect Themselves from Cyber Attacks
Cybersecurity is a hot topic in the wealth management industry, but in all the conversation about major breaches and new security paradigms, one audience is usually left out: small broker-dealer firms and RIAs.
Advisor Domain: Email Archiving: The Broker-Dealer’s First Line of Defense with Regulatory Penalties
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic notwithstanding, FINRA continues to proceed at full speed when it comes to penalizing financial advisors for noncompliance with recordkeeping and supervision obligations. In particular, one recurring area where significant penalties can be imposed is with a financial advisor’s outside business activities (OBA).
Adviser Domain – New Risk Alert Issued From SEC Includes Cybersecurity
It’s a busy, yet short week for advisers. So, I wanted to provide a brief recap on some of the stories we’ve focused on this year at Adviser Domain. But first – an important update from the SEC...
Adviser Domain – New Cybersecurity Program for Financial Planners Launches
Financial Planning Association launches new Cybersecurity for Financial Planners
Adviser Domain – “Adviser Anywhere” is Here to Stay. Is Your Tech Vulnerable?
Advisers' practices established during the pandemic will become the best practices post-pandemic. But are advisers prepared for this digital future? Their technology suggests that they are not.
Adviser Domain – Defining Zero Trust Cybersecurity Ahead of 2021
Zero Trust is a very simple security concept. It operates around one belief: Trust no one. No process. No technology. No one inside the organization or outside of the parameters. Everything requires verification. Everything must receive permission before connecting to a network...
Adviser Domain – Jay Clayton: Advisors Better “Know About” Cybersecurity
At the conclusion of a recent interview, CNBC reporter Bob Pisani asked SEC Chairman Jay Clayton: “…is there anything out there that’s on your plate right now that is sort of front and foremost that we haven’t covered that you think we should be knowing about and that the financial advisors should be knowing about right now?”
Adviser Domain – It’s Going to Get More Serious
I don’t want you to drop you coffee. But I do want you to read this.
Advisor Domain: Lessons from the Morgan Stanley Recycling Debacle
Last week, the Treasury Department announced it was fining Morgan Stanley $60 million over mishandled data center decommissioning back in 2016. The agency said several Morgan Stanley hardware assets still contained customer data after these retired assets reached a recycling station.
Advisor Domain: Heed the Warning, Don’t Be a Statistic
Garrett Baldwin's Weekly Take on Cybersecurity in Wealth Management