What is Artificial Intelligence in FinTech

As artificial intelligence (AI) starts to enter the financial technology (fintech) sector, there is a lot of buzz and excitement around what it could mean for the future. Artificial intelligence is the next frontier in fintech, and it is changing the way we do banking. Imagine a financial world where you can open an account …

Is fintech-banks convergence inevitable?

Fintech: Born to Challenge The very beginning of the fintech movement can be traced to 2008 financial crisis and later attempts for the reinvention of financial services by leveraging digital technologies. Since its inception fintech was challenging the status quo of the financial industry. It used to promise (and still does so) to change the …

The Fintech ecosystem is exploding. Alloy is at the heart of that.

Building a successful financial services offering requires a delicate balancing act. Fintech startups need to manage risk and compliance while also delivering innovative solutions. Doing both things well is far from easy, which is why Alloy provides such a vital piece of the Fintech infrastructure stack. As financial services become increasingly digital, companies often struggle …

Data security vs. network security: What should your business prioritize?

Many businesses that have allowed employees to continue working from home for the foreseeable future are aware that they need to update their cybersecurity. It’s likely that they have allocated some budget and IT resources to make those necessary changes. However, IT budgets are finite. Given the economic disruption of the pandemic, enterprises must strategically …

Managed IT Services and its role in cybersecurity

Digitization is becoming a crucial component of success for all industries and sizes of businesses. Many business operations have moved, or are moving, to the digital realm. I have spent most of the pandemic working from home and going for short walks around my neighborhood to stay sane and get some fresh air. I bet …

Data has $urpassed Oil in Value – Here’s Why

Every era in human history has been acknowledged as a noteworthy point in time, primarily due to those who possess not only wealth and power, but the exploitation of that wealth and power. This new age of digital information is becoming more realized not only on the advancements of technology alone, but a significant element present in all …

A Cloud’s Eye View Of Cyber VUCA In Age Of Rapid Change

As we wind down National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, I wanted to share some thoughts based on recent discussions with a few other cybersecurity professionals and some small business owners about the accelerated migration to the cloud. This article attempts to capture my observations, looking down over the landscape at a 10000-foot view. Security professionals are …

What Price Cybersecurity? – A Series of Essays Discussing the True Costs of Cybersecurity

As a Government Contracts consultant I frequently interact with clients concerning various requirements in their contracts. Often this means interpreting the requirement(s) and advising my client with respect to what they are contractually obligated to do so as to comply with various requirements. Often this leads me down rabbit holes – and as Lewis Carrol …

Collaboration in the Cloud – A Unified Theory

In the first article of this series, I posited that a meaningful strategy for accomplishing collaborative work in the cloud can only be achieved by thinking more holistically than has traditionally been the case. The reality is that work collaboration that drives competitive advantage is a multi-faceted endeavor. It requires the adoption of multiple best-of-breed …

The Disturbing Cyber Threat Targeting Medical Devices

Hackers have found another way to extort the medical community and their patients. There’s a disturbing trend of cyber-thieves targeting medical devices in doctors’ offices and hospitals. The very medical devices that provide life saving treatment are now being targeted by hackers – for profit. Just recently, researchers discovered a new version of MEDJACK, which is …