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Best Practices for Protecting Against Phishing: Managing an Effective Command Center in the Fight Against Online Fraud

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Overview Terms such as pharming, Trojans and Man-in-the-middle attacks are generating more and more "Buzz" in the financial industry. While it is paramount for financial institutions to stay ahead of these evolving threats so as to not be blindsided, phishing remains today's predominant technique for extorting consumers of their personal information and financial data online. The reason phishing remains so pervasive are because it costs very little to conduct and it still works. However, as financial institutions enhance their level of online protection and consumers become more aware of phishing, new and sophisticated online fraud techniques will begin to take hold.

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Publisher	RSA Security	File Format	PDF
Date Published	May 2007
Format	White Papers
Topics	Security Management, Best Practices

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