Cybersecurity in Banking - How the banking industry can develop an effective cyber security strategy, and the challenges of adequately protecting against potential cyber-attacks

Master's Thesis from the year 2022 in the subject Business economics - Banking, Stock Exchanges, Insurance, Accounting, , course: Cybersecurity in Banking, language: English, abstract: Information and communications technology (ICT) has become a vital pillar of modern knowledge-based economies. New technologies, skills, and procedures are the drivers of the new information society. Technologies improve the productivity and competitiveness of businesses while expanding markets and creating new opportunities for employers and employees. However, the use of technological devices, systems, and networks exposes businesses to different risks, thus the need for investment in information security. Information security is defined as the protection of information, systems, devices, and networks from third parties' access, use, disruption, modification, disclosure, and destruction, and ensuring that the data and systems are always available, confidential, and of high integrity. In the digitally connected financial world, inadequate information security will be akin to putting people's and banks' confidential and financial data at risk. In this sense, risk refers to security breaches resulting in personal embarrassment, financial ruin, stolen trade secrets, and other serious consequences. Malevolent users can exploit the technologies. In addition, banking technology infrastructure could become a target of organised crime and other malpractices. This paper investigates how the banking industry can develop an effective cyber security strategy, as well as the challenges of adequately protecting against potential cyber-attacks.