On May 11, 2022, the national Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a security alert warning about the increase in malicious cyber activity targeting Managed Service Providers (MSPs). Threat actors are focusing on…
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Forbes cites Brian Edelman, FCI CEO & Cybersecurity Expert
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- May 10, 2022 -
Link to: “15 Ways to Leverage And Supplement AI In Your Cybersecurity Efforts” With more companies moving to permanent remote or hybrid work models, more endpoints are accessing systems of private data without proper…
Brian Edelman, FCI CEO & Cybersecurity Expert, featured in NAIFA’s Advisor Today article
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- May 6, 2022 -
Link to: Heightened Geopolitical Tensions Drive Cybersecurity Alerts for the Life Insurance Industry There are alerts coming across multiple sources from regulatory bodies to industry-specific regulators, government agencies, consulting firms, and more indicating that…
Financial Planning article cites Brian Edelman, FCI CEO & Cybersecurity Expert
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- April 7, 2022 -
Link to: “What advisory firms should be doing on cybersecurity” By Tobias Salinger Results of Arizent’s latest cybersecurity survey of financial services business leaders revealed that “Wealth Managers have fallen behind other financial firms…
Advisor Perspectives Publishes Article by Brian Edelman, FCI CEO & Cybersecurity Expert
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- April 5, 2022 -
Link to: The Top Five Reasons a Security Assessment is Needed for M&A Due Diligence In an Advisor Perspectives guest article, Brian Edelman, FCI CEO & Cybersecurity Expert, details leading reasons for firms to…
Brian Edelman, Cybersecurity Expert & FCI CEO, cited in CFP Board article
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- September 9, 2021 -
Link to: CYBERSECURITY AND THE FINANCIAL PLANNING PROFESSION: KEEPING DATA SAFE AND PROTECTING YOUR CLIENTS Responding to the surge of cyberattacks on the financial sector, the CFP Board has published an article underscoring the message…
3iCO article cites Brian Edelman, Cybersecurity Expert & FCI CEO
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- July 21, 2021 -
Link to the article: The Increasing Importance of Cybersecurity for Registered Investment Advisors 3iCO is a NY based provider of Independent Compliance Officers for Independent Investment Advisers and Private Funds. As compliance and legal professionals,…
“How Cybersecurity is like the Wild West” article featuring Brian Edelman, FCI CEO
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- April 29, 2021 -
Link to Finseca.org Selected for his expertise in cybersecurity within the Financial Services industry, Brian Edelman, FCI CEO, shares key considerations for maintaining cybersecurity during unprecedented times in this thought leadership article featured by Finseca.…
Is your advisor prepared for cyber attacks? Here’s what you need to know – Featuring Brian Edelman, FCI CEO
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- December 8, 2020 -
Link to the article PUBLISHED MON, DEC 7 202012:14 PM EST Cyber criminals steal billions of dollars a year from financial firms. Financial advisors – and their clients – are at risk as attacks increase…
NYDFS First Cybersecurity Enforcement Action
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- July 22, 2020 -
The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) filed its first cybersecurity enforcement action against a firm alleging deficient cybersecurity controls and other flaws in cybersecurity practices. Failure to follow cybersecurity policies, neglect to…
Brian Edelman cited in Financial Planning Article Billions of Assets At Risk As Advisors Wing It On Tech
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- May 6, 2020 -
by Ann March Article and interview with Brian Edelman, FCI CEO. Link to the article: Financial Planning Magazine When the financial world rapidly went virtual due to coronavirus quarantine many advisors failed to notice the security loophole…
FCI CEO Brian Edelman cited in the Most Remote Advisors Fail a Digital Security Test Article
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- April 27, 2020 -
by Davis Janowski Article and interview with Brian Edelman, FCI CEO. Link to the article: Wealthmanagement.com In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, advisors are working remotely, many without proper cybersecurity in place to protect…
Brian Edelman cited in the What Clients Crave in Digital Banking article
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- January 15, 2020 -
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Brian Edelman’s Article in Forbes: Five Cyber Program Elements Financial Services Firms Must Cover To Stay Compliant
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- November 19, 2019 -
Article by Brian Edelman, Cybersecurity Expert and FCI CEO. Forbes Business Council, Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Forbes Councils are based on both Industry and Location (city) so members can leverage and meet others across the…
Redtail Incident Reveals Challenges of Cybersecurity Standards
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- June 7, 2019 -
Article citing Brian Edelman, FCI CEO. Link to the article: Wealthmanagement.com. Redtail has not released any further information regarding its self-reported March 4 data exposure, which left some client information exposed in a nonsecure environment. But…
Are financial advisors prepared for cyber attacks?
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- May 13, 2019 -
Article by Lorie Konish citing Brian Edelman, FCI CEO. Link to the article: CNBC. Two years ago, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association conducted a cybersecurity simulation that mimicked a real attack. The test…
T3 takes Vegas again in the year of ‘delivery,’ but it’s not all about software arriving at the RIA doorstep through chief delivery men and women
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- October 31, 2018 -
Article by Graham Thomas citing Brian Edelman, FCI CEO. Link to the article: RIABiz. T3 takes Vegas again in the year of ‘delivery,’ but it’s not all about software arriving at the RIA doorstep through…
10 Transformational Trends from the T3 Enterprise Conference
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- October 29, 2018 -
Article citing Brian Edelman, FCI CEO. Link to the article: Wealth Manangement Today.
Voice commands, cybersecurity take center stage at T3 Enterprise conference focused on how to improve back office tools for advisers
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- October 23, 2018 -
Brian Edelman, FCI CEO, is mentioned in this article Link to the article InvestmentNews. By Ryan W. Neal How can broker-dealers make it easier for all their advisers to start offering financial planning? How can…
Financial Advisors: Major Flaws in Computer Chips Should Really Worry You
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- January 8, 2018 -
Article citing Brian Edelman, Financial Computer CEO. Link to the article: T3 Technology Hub. Special Security Alert from Joel Bruckenstein, CFP® Late last week, the world at large was made aware of two major flaws in computer…
Is CleverDome the Holy Grail of Cybersecurity?
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- January 7, 2018 -
Article citing Brian Edelman, Financial Computer CEO. Link to the article: Wealth Manangement Today. “If you think technology [alone] can solve your security problems, then you don’t understand the problems and you don’t understand the technology.” –…
6 Basic Protections To Shore Up Cyber Moats
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- December 26, 2017 -
Article citing Brian Edelman, Financial Computer CEO. Link to the article: Financial Planning. Are you confident that clients’ data are walled off behind sufficient cyber protections? If most advisors answered honestly, they would say no,…
6 Cybersecurity Tools To Use In Wake Of The Equifax Hack
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- September 28, 2017 -
Article citing Brian Edelman, Financial Computer CEO. Link to the article: Financial Planning. In the wake of the Equifax hack, are you confident your clients’ data is walled off behind sufficient cyber protections? If most…
New York Planners: Time Is Running Out for Your Firm to Qualify for The NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation Limited Exemption
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- September 19, 2017 -
Article by Brian Edelman, Financial Computer CEO. Link to the article: Financial Planning Association Practice Management Blog. Under the new NYDFS cybersecurity regulation (23 NYCRR Part 500), any individual operating with a license, registration, or…
Using Two Factor Authentication with MS Office 365 Business Edition
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- May 24, 2017 -
Article and interview with Brian Edelman, Financial Computer CEO. Link to the article: T3 Technology Tools for Today. I’ve had the pleasure of co-presenting with Brian Edelman, the President of Financial Computer, Inc. on numerous…
Translating the OCIE Requirements
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- April 1, 2017 -
Article written by Brian Edelman, FCI CEO. Link to the article: Advisor Solutions by TD Ameritrade. Cybersecurity is among the Securities and Exchange Commission’s top examination priorities for 2017. Unfortunately, most registered investment advisory (RIA)…
Cybersecurity Tips For Financial Advisors
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- February 8, 2017 -
Article and interview with Brian Edelman, Financial Computer CEO. Link to the article: T3 Technology Tools for Today. Cybersecurity is certainly on the mind of advisors today. According to at least one industry survey, cybersecurity…
Most Advisers’ Cybersecurity Training Insufficient
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- February 7, 2017 -
Article citing Brian Edelman, Financial Computer CEO. Link to the article: InvestmentNews. Firms would be better off with shorter, more frequent sessions for employees. Financial advisers should be spending about three times as much time…
Combat Cyberattacks By Staying A Step Ahead Of Hackers
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- November 11, 2016 -
Article and interview with Brian Edelman, Financial Computer CEO. Link to the article: Investor's Business Daily. To prevent data breaches, financial advisors are racing to improve their information security. The big question is how. Addressing cybersecurity threats…
Firms, Technology Vendors Mobilize on Security Standards
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- August 16, 2016 -
Article citing Brian Edelman, Financial Computer CEO. Link to the article: InvestmentNews. Cybersecurity is a major concern for vendors, firms and advisers. Software companies, consultants and financial institutions are mobilizing to create a cybersecurity consortium…