Think that your firm is too small or that your cyberdefenses are too strong to worry about digital attacks on your firm’s—and your clients’—data? The SEC and FINRA don’t think so. A reading of the regulators’ official announcements and the insights of those who know how they operate suggest that advisors run the risk not only of compromised data but of major fines as the regulators gear up to make examples of firms for cybersecurity shortcomings.
via Cybersecurity Crackdown — ThinkAdvisor