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18 May 2012

March 2011

In this issue
Liquidity Risk Management in the Context of Basel III: Facing the Challenge of an Uncertain Future
The finalised Basel III regulation published in December 20101 will have far-reaching implications for the banking industry. Many experts believe the inclusion of the liquidity regulation to be the most significant modification to existing regulation, estimating that it will pose considerable challenges for affected institutions across the globe. Likely effects such as disruptions to the interbank market, trapped pools of liquidity in individual territories and increased monitoring and reporting requirements will require institutions to fundamentally review and improve their funding and liquidity (risk) management frameworks.
The role of Security within Social Networks
Last week researchers unveiled a 'dating database' consisting of 250.000 users. This was not just any ordinary dating site where one registers to and agrees to post their information. Rather, the dating profiles were based on public information that the researchers gathered from Facebook profiles. Many people at this point cried out 'Privacy!'
Weaponised Malware - how criminals are using digital certificates to cripple your organisation
The recent cyber attack on an Iranian nuclear facility using the Stuxnet virus should worry all of us - not just those in close proximity who were in danger of being blown into the next world by the actions of a computer virus.
 
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