Cybercrime On Wall Street

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WS&T Daily Alert Tuesday, July 16, 2013

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Speak Up! Submit Your Commentary Have an opinion on capital markets IT or trading-related subjects pertinent to the Wall Street community? Join other industry experts and thought leaders, who have already been sharing their knowledge and views with the rest of the Wall Street & Technology Community. Submitting an article is easy. To add your voice to the WS&T Community, click here. FEATURED ARTICLE Cybercrime On Wall Street By Ivy Schmerken As the volume of cybersecurity incidents increases, financial services firms are developing their own intelligence-gathering units and cooperating with the federal government to defend against hacktivists, cybercriminals and other state-sponsored groups. READ MORE 2013 Wall Street & Technology Gold Book FINAL CALL: Gold Book Nomination Deadline 7/19 The nomination deadline for the 2013 Gold Book is rapidly approaching. The Wall Street & Technology Gold Book - now in its 9th year - recognizes financial services technology executives based on their accomplishments, leadership and vision at their institutions. This exclusive group of executives will be profiled in the October 2013 issue of WS&T (Click here to see the 2012 Gold Book profiles). If you'd like to nominate a CIO, CTO or SVP in charge of a line of business at a financial services firm (brokerage, asset manager, hedge fund, or exchange) to be honored in this year's Gold Book, then please complete and submit the form by this Friday, July 19, 2013. EDITORS' OPINIONS Is HFT Leveling the Playing Field? By Phil Albinus As lawmakers look at high-frequency trading, firms continue to shave the time off of their trades. WST spoke with Azul Systems CEO Scott Sellers for his take on high frequency trading going forward. Is it still full steam ahead or are firms looking to back off? READ MORE NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Super Nodes Allow CFN Services' TradingHUB To Offer Faster Connections, Lower Rates By Zarna Patel CFN Services is using super nodes for TradingHUB to provides more secure and faster connection with a cheaper rate. READ MORE NSA Surveillance: IT Pro Survey Says What? By Thomas Claburn To understand the relationship between security and privacy, we should pay more attention to IT professionals and spend less time asking loaded questions. READ MORE Phone Fraud Plagues Call Centers At Financial Institutions By Tim Wilson Social engineers increasingly tap unsuspecting customer service reps for information, Aite Group says. READ MORE JOBS Trader Crabel Capital Management, LLC C#/UI Developer - Equity Derivatives Futures Group Quantitative Analyst - NYC The Hagan-Ricci Group (HRG) Systematic Volatility Portfolio Manager Confidential Manage Your Newsletter Subscription Keep Getting This Newsletter Add FTNNewsletters@techweb.com to your antispam whitelist Did someone forward this newsletter to you? Receive your own free issue. You are subscribed as EmailAddress To unsubscribe, click here | Privacy Policy. WS&T Daily Alert A free service of Wall Street & Tech Copyright © 2013 United Business Media Limited 240 West 35th Street | New York, NY 10001