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NY Cybersecurity Standards Loom, With Enterprises At The (Un)Ready?
B2B Payments // April 18, 2017

Financial firms operating in New York are facing tighter security standards. A high percentage of them are facing challenges in the scramble towards compliance, per Richard Hudson, vice president of cybersecurity at Cordium, with significant implications for enterprises and business-related payments.

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Experts Reconsider Banning Ransom Payments as Ransomware Attacks Surge

October 25, 2023
Ransomware attacks have surged this year, despite efforts to curb them. As a result, experts are now reconsidering the idea of banning ransom payments altogether, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Oct. 25). Ransomware payments have reached nearly $500 million through September, marking a 50% increase compared to the same period last year, according to the report, which cited data […]