With workforces and organizational data assets scattered globally and corporate networks being accessed remotely, the financial services (FS) industry is increasingly susceptible to cybersecurity breaches. In this dispersed environment, attackers target remote workers and unsecure personal devices by compromising identities to circumvent traditional network security policies. These cyberattacks then move laterally inside the network to seize data and facilitate ransomware and other malware attacks.
November 18, 2021 by Harry Huberty
Recently, the Biden administration released a summary of its new rules for vaccination and testing at businesses with more than 100 employees.
November 17, 2021 by Robert McIsaac
Significant core system transformation activities are taking place in the group and voluntary benefits sector. In our recent Group and Voluntary Benefits Special Interest Group meeting, Aite-Novarica Group clients and Research Council members discussed factors that insurers should consider as they begin, or extend, their multi-year modernization journey.
November 16, 2021 by Jeff Goldberg
Happy (American) Thanksgiving to all our Aite-Novarica clients, Council Members, and friends!
When I read through the newsletter items this month, they looked startlingly routine — the items one might find in any November newsletters across the past decade (minus, of course, 2020). It may not be a return to normal, but I’ll settle for a return to typical.
November 15, 2021 by Robert McIsaac
Mitch Wein and I recently hosted Aite-Novarica’s quarterly Broker-Dealer Research Group. As 2021 comes to a close, broker-dealers must grapple with complex compensation methods, regulatory changes, and the future of work in a post-pandemic world. The rapidly changing regulatory landscape and expectations from producers require broker-dealers to continuously evaluate and update their technology or risk falling behind the competition.