Raising public awareness about the prudent driving his personal information and its activity in the virtual world constitutes one of the main pillars that the banking sector, and society as a whole, must address in terms of cybersecurity.
They agreed on this three professionals of the area, during the Cybersecurity conversation: challenges for the Dominican financial system, carried out by the Superintendency of Banks (SB).
What are the main challenges in cybersecurity for the financial system?
For Caesar Novotechnical consultant to the Central Bank, this challenge is more significant when considering the constant advances in technologies based on artificial intelligencecapable of facilitating the identity theft and serve as tools for data theft.
In addition, Carlos Leonardoexecutive director of National Cybersecurity Centerhighlighted the importance of continuing to work to permeate all sectors of society, so that the different levels of Government and the population assume the cyber protection more actively.
What actions are being taken to strengthen cyber protection?
James Pichardodirector of Information Security at the SB, explained that the defense of the financial system contains particular challenges, due to its high interconnectivity, the virtual nature of the assets it manages and the speed with which the processes are executed. cyber attacks.
However, he highlighted the investment levels in cybersecurity and collaboration between regulatory and supervisory bodies.
