The Human Firewall Is (Still) Failing
The breach began with a click. A well-meaning operations officer at a midsize U.S. bank opened an attachment from what looked like an internal audit notice. Within minutes, ransomware spread…
Click Fatigue: Why Phishing Training Fails (and What Cyber Risk Teams Should Do Instead)
The $10 Billion Illusion of Awareness Every year, enterprises pour billions into cybersecurity awareness and phishing simulations — posters in the hallway, inbox drills, gamified quizzes, and annual compliance refreshers.Yet,…
Why Financial AI Governance Needs a Global Risk Framework
The Fragmented Future of Financial AI From high-frequency trading to credit scoring and fraud detection, artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the financial sector. Yet this transformation is unfolding faster than…
Generative AI in Finance: 2025 Playbook From The Swiss Bankers Association
TL;DR — Generative AI (GenAI) can drive real gains in productivity, operational efficiency, customer satisfaction, and financial product innovation for Swiss banks. But the benefits only materialize if deployments follow…
Banking on Trust: Adversarial Machine Learning and the Future of Bank Security
The banking industry has always been built on trust. Vaults, compliance checks, and sophisticated risk frameworks reassure customers that their money—and their data—are safe. But a new and less visible…
AI in Banking 2025: What Bank Executives Need to Know About AI Governance & Risk
Boardrooms Under AI Scrutiny The conference room at Atlantic Trust Bank was cavernous, a relic of a more opulent era. Thick walnut paneling, brass sconces, and a table that could…
Explainable AI in Finance: The Definitive Playbook for 2025 (Compliance, Trust, and ROI)
Explainable AI in Finance: A Strategic, Compliance‑First Playbook Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping finance. Yet its opaque “black boxes” raise serious concerns in high‑stakes domains like credit, trading, fraud detection,…
Future‑Proof GRC: Aligning Framework Choice with Business‑Continuity Objectives
1 Monsoon Midnight: A Zurich Data‑Hall Goes Under A rogue summer storm ruptures the riverbank; water pours through a Tier III colocation site. By sunrise, a mid‑tier bank’s trading book is stranded…
From Boardroom Briefings to Zero-Day AI Showdowns: The FFIEC Information Security Handbook Reimagined for the GPT Era
In the early hours of a crisp March morning, the trading floors of Wall Street pulse with the energy of thousands of transactions per second. Screens flicker relentlessly with market…
Fortifying Global Finance: A Mini-Guide to SWIFT Security, Network Segregation & the Bangladesh Bank Heist
1. Why SWIFT Security Demands Board‑Level Attention 2. Case Study: The Bangladesh Bank Heist (2016) Stage What Happened Control Gap Recon Malware planted months earlier Internet‑connected SWIFT PC Exploit 35…