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Countering Cyber Threats to Financial Institutions

A Private and Public Partnership Approach to Critical Infrastructure Protection

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Authors:
  1. Pierre-Luc Pomerleau

    1. School of Business, Northcentral University, Granby, Canada

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  2. David L. Lowery

    1. School of Business, Northcentral University, Panama City, USA

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  • Delves into modern era cyberattacks, which specifically target the financial sectors of the USA and Canada
  • Provides an understanding of the contemporary challenges faced by private security professionals in sharing timely cyber-related information in public-private partnerships
  • Presents policy recommendations on how to improve existing cybersecurity protection measures for financial institutions and other critical infrastructures

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Contemporary Cybersecurity in Our Daily Lives

    • Pierre-Luc Pomerleau, David L. Lowery
    Pages 1-8

  3. Relevance of Evidence-Based Cybersecurity in Guiding the Financial Sector’s and Efforts in Fighting Cybercrime

    • David Maimon
    Pages 9-28

  4. The Evolution of Cybersecurity within the American Financial Sector

    • Pierre-Luc Pomerleau, David L. Lowery
    Pages 29-45

  5. The Evolution of the Threats to Canadian Financial Institutions, the Actual State of Public and Private Partnerships in Canada

    • Pierre-Luc Pomerleau, David L. Lowery
    Pages 47-85

  6. Major Themes in the Literature of Cybersecurity and Public–Private Partnerships; A Focus on Financial Institutions

    • Pierre-Luc Pomerleau, David L. Lowery
    Pages 87-122

  7. Research Findings; Contemporary Perceptions of Canadian Security Professionals Regarding the Challenges in Sharing Information with the Public Sector

    • Pierre-Luc Pomerleau, David L. Lowery
    Pages 123-156

  8. Conclusions and Implications for Practice and Future Studies on Public–Private Partnerships

    • Pierre-Luc Pomerleau, David L. Lowery
    Pages 157-195

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 197-224
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About this book

Exploring the negative social impact of cyber-attacks, this book takes a closer look at the challenges faced by both the public and private sectors of the financial industry. It is widely known amongst senior executives in both sectors that cybercrime poses a real threat, however effective collaboration between individual financial institutions and the public sector into detecting, monitoring and responding to cyber-attacks remains limited. Addressing this problem, the authors present the results from a series of interviews with cybersecurity professionals based in Canada in order to better understand the potential risks and threats that financial institutions are facing in the digital age. Offering policy recommendations for improving cybersecurity protection measures within financial institutions, and enhancing the sharing of information between the public and private sector, this book is a timely and invaluable read for those researching financial services, cybercrime and risk management, as well as finance professionals interested in cybersecurity.

Reviews

“In this highly informative book, the authors deploy rich empirical qualitative data from the financial industry to highlight the many hurdles that prevent public-private partnerships from realising their full potential, and offer insightful practical recommendations on how to remedy that situation.”
—Benoît Dupont, Professor of Criminology, University of Montreal, Canada, and Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity 

“Cybersecurity is an immensely complex field, and public-private partnerships in the financial sector are at the very core of this complexity. This book provides rich insights into these partnerships, their internal dynamics, and tensions, appealing to those specialising in cybersecurity, public-private partnerships, security networks, and security governance.”
—Chad Whelan, Associate Professor in Criminology, Deakin University, Australia

“This book offers a significant blueprint for would-be cybersecurity heroes in a business where there can be no ‘second place’ finishers!”
—Brigadier General Stanley J. Osserman, Jr., US Air Force (Retired)

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Business, Northcentral University, Granby, Canada

    Pierre-Luc Pomerleau

  • School of Business, Northcentral University, Panama City, USA

    David L. Lowery

About the authors

Pierre-Luc Pomerleau is a financial crime executive with over 15 years of experience with three large Canadian financial institutions, and an adjunct professor in the Cybersecurity program at Polytechnique Montreal, Canada.

David L. Lowery is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel (cyberspace operations officer) and a three-time unit commander now serving as Professor of Homeland Security at Northcentral University, USA.



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Countering Cyber Threats to Financial Institutions

  • Book Subtitle: A Private and Public Partnership Approach to Critical Infrastructure Protection

  • Authors: Pierre-Luc Pomerleau, David L. Lowery

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54054-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-54053-1Published: 30 August 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-54056-2Published: 30 August 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-54054-8Published: 29 August 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 224

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Risk Management, Financial Services, Cybercrime, Financial Engineering, Public Finance

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