In the recent ISITC Europe webcast ‘Is your home the new Office’, eminent panel members from the world of cybersecurity, including the DTCC and Verizon discussed amongst other things, the role of mental/physical health in fighting Cybercrime, due to the increased threat posed due to  a home or remote working environment. Lockdown from Covid 19 […]

The ability of cyber threats to compromise information systems is an ongoing danger to all organisations, an emerging threat presents a new challenge, cyber-attacks that may cause harm to systems with the potential to kill the business. Financial services are amongst the most attractive targets for cyber attackers as industry reports rank FS as the […]

Even before the COVID-19 crisis hit, major shifts were under way in how businesses and their employees work. This report on ‘the Future of Work’ from Verizon investigates to what degree companies have been preparing themselves for the future, and how their efforts have been affected by the crisis. More than 1,700 senior executives in […]

Cloud enables innovation but adoption in Capital Markets remains low – why? [If you were unable to attend this interesting workshop entitled ‘Developing Standards across Cloud Services’, a recording is now available for Members to view via the Members Only Area. Members should log in to enable access.] We hosted a joint workshop on Developing […]

ISITC EUROPE CIC/CISI – Live Webcasts Cybersecurity: Is your home the new office?  9th September  – 14:00 -15:00 ‘Working From Home’ exposes the security landscape of your organisation: In this session, we will talk about how COVID-19 has proven to be a huge opportunity for cyber criminals. Join us to learn about the cyber threats […]

By Roy Zimmerhansl At its most basic level, Stock Borrowing is the temporary transfer of an asset from an owner to a borrower in return for a fee, with risk managed through the provision of collateral and governed by standard industry documentation. Borrowing stock for the purpose of satisfying settlement obligations occurs in over 40 […]

Live Webcast – Cybersecurity: Is your home the new office? Wednesday 9th September  – 14:00 -15:00 (UK BST) Cybersecurity: Is your home the new office? “Working From Home” exposes the security landscape of your organisation: In this session we will talk about how COVID-19 has proven to be a huge opportunity for cyber criminals. Join […]

There is no doubt that the creation of Blockchain/DLT and relevant technologies has brought forth many multiple levels of opportunity for future innovations in the financial markets. Based on its consensus-based and trustless nature, we have seen the seen the evolvement of first generation Bitcoin and its underlying payment system via an elegant DLT structure […]