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2021 SEC OCIE Cybersecurity Exam Priorities

Elteni — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 05:36:42 +0000

Yesterday the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released its 2021 exam priorities. In the letter the SEC highlighted that their focus remains the same from prior years with a slight shift in priorities and adjustment of focus. The SEC stated that they will review whether firms have

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Solarwinds ORION delivers backdoor Trojan to worldwide networks

Elteni LLC — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:03:35 +0000

Fireye detected that Solarwinds Orion is being used by attackers to steal sensitive company data. Fireye’s threat research division found that a highly sophisticated and evasive attacker compromised the Solarwind’s Orion IT monitoring and management platform to deliver a backdoor trojan. It is suspected that the campaign has started as early as April 2020 and

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OCIE issues a new Cybersecurity: Ransomware Alert

Elteni LLC — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 22:36:20 +0000

Today the OCIE issued a Ransomware Alert, highlighting an uptick in sophisticated social engineering and other cyber campaigns, designed to infiltrate the networks of financial institutions to access sensitive information and/or to deploy ransomware. As a reminder, ransomware actors typically demand monetary payment for the return of data. We can spend time regurgitating what was

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Technology, security, and privacy in a Work From Home (WFH) environment

Elteni LLC — Thu, 14 May 2020 23:25:58 +0000

Will Work From Home (WFH) be an Alternative Asset Management Firm’ new norm? Firstly, let me address the question that comes to mind after reading the title, this isn’t just another article about how COVID-19 has affected us………now keep reading. I’m not writing this article to express my opinion about whether WFH is good or

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Have you considered the work from home risks?

Elteni LLC — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:38:06 +0000

Have you made the decision to allow employees to work from home or are you still contemplating the idea? If work from home is or will be the preferred method for the unforeseeable future, there are some things you should do to maintain your compliance and security posture. Here are some risks you should be

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