Special Report

Information Security

As Wall Street proves increasingly willing to entrust customer data to software-as-a-service providers, financial services firms are working to safeguard client access to on-demand applications, running security audits of the providers and educating users about how to interact with them. “Even with service-level agreements in place, at the end of the day that’s not going to save you if everything is lost or stolen,” says Wellington West Capital’s David Boissonneault. Also in this report: Financial institutions shift their focus from external security threats to internal controls; and server virtualization poses security risks and challenges.

Contents

Server Virtualization: Powerful Tool, Extra Exposure

Perimeters Protected, Firms Look Inward

Software as a Service as a Security Battleground