Data and information management

Through proposed SEC regulations, federal grants and cybersecurity insurance, areas of the public finance industry are adjusting to costly and omnipresent cyber threats. 

The amount of time governments took to produce audited financials has increased by double-digits during an 11-year period.

Exploring why some call 2022 "the year of the great reset" and what that may mean for the muni market this year.

The increasing number and frequency of cyber attacks against municipalities is a cause for credit concern, S&P Global Ratings says.

The California Department of Finance aids the governor in drafting the preliminary budget that is released in January.

Increased use of third-party vendors by transportation issuers may be putting those entities at increased risk.

Upgrading the agency's technology could make information exchange more secure.

Scammers are masquerading as the IRS’ Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division to try and get issuers and borrowers to disclose confidential information.

Municipal governments have become a target for online criminals. Experts warn their neglect of cybersecurity puts finances, services and vital records at risk.

Shortly after New Jersey state lawmaker Shama Haider introduced a bill to strengthen cybersecurity defenses, her own town of Tenafly faced a ransomware attack.

Howard Globus, founder and CEO of IT-on-demand.com, talks with Chip Barnett about what municipalities should do before, during and after a cybersecurity attack to keep their systems secure from hackers. (19 minutes)

Several states have passed, or are considering, legislation to bar local governments from making payments to criminals who hold computer systems hostage.

The sector is a target-rich environment due to the large amount of sensitive data that healthcare entities maintain for patient care and operations.

The Port of Los Angeles launched a Cyber Resilience Center that protects not only port administration systems, but the shipping companies that berth there.

“Compromised systems can directly affect public finance entities in the near term,” says Fitch's Omid Rahmani, citing ransomware risks.

FactSet will become the CUSIP system's second operator on behalf of the American Bankers Association.

Experts discuss the latest ways firms are defining their value propositions and evolving their customer communications, experience and support.

Gov. Kathy Hochul's thrusts include the MTA Open Data Act; state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli launched a federal COVID-19 funding tracker.

In the last decade Omid was involved in cyber security issues.

The deal enhances the data, analytics and execution services the firms provide for municipal bonds and other fixed income securities, they said.