Cyber attacks

You must not overlook important cybersecurity protocols for protecting your email.

The firm is the first to be censured for violating the Identify Theft Red Flags rule.

Congress is considering a proposal that would allow small companies to create a multiple-employer retirement plan to enable workers to build savings.

Vitaly Korchevsky was convicted of pocketing at least $14 million by trading securities on information he gleaned from press releases stolen by Ukrainian hackers before they were released publicly.

Advisors worried about securing client data should learn how banks are developing a protected space for internet activity.

Chairman Jay Clayton and top SEC brass are putting advisors on notice. The regulator is drilling down on investor protections, while warning firms on cybersecurity and AML compliance.

The NSA, Equifax and the SEC were all breached. Financial advisors of all sizes are fair game, too, says Wes Stillman.

Clients are looking to be reassured about the security of their data.

It's a bigger challenge to keep pace with a fast changing industry, CEO Robert Cook said.

Most advisors don’t have required safeguards in place, one expert says.

State examiners are finding more shortcomings. At the same time, advisors face bulked-up regulators probing more aspects of their practices.

Equifax's data breach may be the most serious, given that it covered 143 million consumers and involved reams of confidential information, but it wasn't the largest. Following are the biggest to date.

In the wake of cyberattacks at Equifax and EDGAR, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton makes an unusually lengthy statement appealing for RIAs to bolster security.

Risk alert: The agency expects advisors to follow these steps.

The firm says its external backup system failed at the same time its main internet connection was cut, raising concerns.

The OCIE is suggesting best practices for firms to protect themselves.

It’s important for all advice firms to have an information security strategy in place that safeguards company and client data wherever it resides.

High-value targets include client names and account numbers. Protecting the information can also protect an advisory practice from regulatory penalties.

FINRA fines Lincoln Financial Securities for foreign hack attack.

It's a planner's worst nightmare. Here's what to do when client data is compromised by a cyberattack.