Archive for Cybersecurity
Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) is always one of the more useful snapshots of where the threat landscape is headed (and entertaining if you read the footnotes). This year’s report strongly reinforces a lot of what we see in the day-to-day: the growing impact of third-party risk, the evolution of ransomware beyond just data theft, and the early but meaningful security implications of generative AI use. Â
Our team recently conducted a red team exercise using AI voice cloning as an attack vector, revealing critical vulnerabilities in a client’s security protocols and demonstrating how sophisticated social engineering attacks have become. The results and recommendations are relevant to all firms in financial services. The Red Team Exercise A client was concerned about emerging
Cybersecurity governance is not an annual project or outsourced report. It’s a continuous, strategic function that underpins investor trust, operational resilience, and long-term business value. Agio’s governance program delivers real security maturity—not just audit preparation.
In a recent AgioLive session, our cybersecurity experts Virginia Carty and Kirk Samuels explored the high-stakes battle between ransomware attackers and your business-critical databases. They explained why and how databases are targeted and provided strategies to protect yours. Here are the highlights.
As your firm’s digital footprint expands—from cloud services to remote work environments—so does your attack surface. At Agio, we view comprehensive risk assessments as the foundation for proactive cybersecurity—giving you the intelligence needed to deploy the right controls in the right places before incidents occur.Â
At Agio, we understand that effective cybersecurity can’t come at the expense of legitimate business operations. The challenge isn’t whether to implement region blocking—it’s how to maintain this critical security measure while accommodating the legitimate needs of traveling employees. Take a tour.
Last week, we hosted an AgioLive on LinkedIn with our Director of Cyber Operations, and Associate Director of Cyber Operations, to discuss the unprecedented risk brute-force attacks pose to virtual private networks (VPNs) and the remote access infrastructure that firms rely on for daily operations. Read the highlights.
Artificial intelligence is transforming how financial services firms operate, communicate, and manage risk. While the technology’s potential is immense, many firms ask the same question: “How do we implement AI effectively while ensuring compliance and security?”
Get practical answers about SEC cybersecurity requirements, from 48-hour incident reporting to vendor oversight. Agio’s Chris Harper breaks down what financial firms need to know and do now.
Over the last month, Agio’s cybersecurity monitoring systems have detected a significant rise in sophisticated brute force attacks targeting publicly accessible virtual private networks (VPNs). Here’s what we’re seeing.
What started as a typical year of cybersecurity headlines reveals a more complex story — organizations are now facing an unprecedented three-front battle: regulators driving aggressive compliance measures, adversaries evolving at AI speed, and technology innovation outpacing the preparedness to secure it.  Â
If your organization has branches in the EU, provides services to EU organizations, or supplies ICT services to EU financial institutions, DORA impacts you. Read for a comprehensive analysis of DORA: Its scope, implications, and critical compliance frameworks for financial organizations and ICT providers.
