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Reasons why cyber security is important for banks

By infoguard | At October 21, 2018

Oct 21 2018

Reasons why cyber security is important for banks

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Cybersecurity is important for every profit and non-profit making institutions. Banks and other financial institutions carry important information about the customers and the attackers know it, so it important for banks and financial institutions to have a robust cyber security in place.

Below are a few points that describe why a cybersecurity is important for you, whether you work for a bank or with a bank.

Breaches can cost a bank its reputation

Data breaches are serious problems for banks because it leads to losing public trust, and causes customer insecurity. It occurs because of weak cybersecurity strategy and it is difficult to recover. It is the responsibility of the bank to communicate with their customer upfront about cybersecurity and other measures they must take to prevent and protect their personal data and private information. To gain the trust of consumers, it is important for a bank to have a strong cybersecurity plan.

Banks can incur penalties for FDIC non-compliance

Penalties for non-compliance can be abrupt for banks just not only financially but also in greatly increased oversight. Having compliance standard stimulates banks to focus on cybersecurity. When a bank stays compliant, it ensures that it is meeting consensus security and protecting the customer data.

Consumers can lose time and money

When a bank gets data breach, consumers lose time and money. A bank may recovery fraudulently spent money fully or partially but it does not work all the time. The action that occurs due to bank data breach is time-consuming, stressful, and full of pressure. Customers need to cancel the cards, check statements and keep their eyes open for complications in case of data breaches.

Consumer data is sensitive

It is difficult for consumers to handle data breaches as they know their data and information is in the wrong hands. Besides canceling the cards and letting down the frauds, a consumer cannot have a good night sleep as the personal information can be used against a person. After a consumer’s private data gets stolen, it floats perilously out of control. So a cybersecurity is more important to banks and financial institutions as they carry personal and private information of consumers.

Written by infoguard · Categorized: Compliance

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