Countering Cyber Threats to Financial Institutions

Delves into modern era cyberattacks, which specifically target the financial sectors of the USA and Canada Provides an understanding of the contemporary challenges faced by private security professionals in sharing timely cyber-related information in public-private partnerships Presents policy recommendations on how to improve existing cybersecurity protection measures for financial institutions and other critical infrastructures

Autorentext

Pierre-Luc Pomerleau is a financial crime executive with over 15 years of experience with three large Canadian financial institutions, and an adjunct professor in the Cybersecurity program at Polytechnique Montreal, Canada.

David L. Lowery is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel (cyberspace operations officer) and a three-time unit commander now serving as Professor of Homeland Security at Northcentral University, USA.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Contemporary Cybersecurity in Our Daily Lives.- Chapter 2: Relevance of Evidence Based Cybersecurity in Guiding the Financial Sector's & Efforts in Fighting Cybercrime.- Chapter 3: The Evolution of Cybersecurity within the American Financial Sector.- Chapter 4: The Evolution of the Threats to Canadian Financial Institutions, the Actual State of Public and Private Partnerships in Canada.- Chapter 5: Major Themes in the Literature of Cybersecurity and Public-Private Partnerships; A Focus on Financial Institutions.- Chapter 6: Research Findings; Contemporary Perceptions of Canadian Security Professionals Regarding the Challenges in Sharing Information with the Public Sector.- Chapter 7: Conclusions and Implications for Practice and Future Studies on Public-Private Partnerships.