SonicWall Issues and Retracts Alert of Hackers Exploiting Zero-Day Vulnerability Within SonicWall VPN SonicWall, a company providing firewalls and other cybersecurity solutions, issued an alert indicating that it had found a probable zero-day vulnerability with its SMA 100 series products on Jan. 22, 2021. A zero-day vulnerability is a software [...]
Hackers Use Mimecast Certificate to Access Microsoft Accounts On Jan. 12, 2021, the cloud-based email security and management provider Mimecast disclosed that one of its digital certificates, used by approximately 10 percent of its customers, was hacked and used to access some of its client’s Microsoft 365 accounts. A digital [...]
Scam Risks in 2021 and How to Avoid Them Cybercriminals are becoming increasingly sophisticated and continue to find new ways to compromise both individuals’ and firms’ data security. Phishing attacks often use current events or crises to entice users to click infected links, download malicious programs or documents, or provide [...]
The SEC’s New Marketing Rule: Here’s What You Should Know Now UPDATE: 3/5/2021 On March 5, 2021, the Marketing Rule was published in the Federal Register, setting in motion the need for firms to prepare for compliance. Fairview will publish more information on an ongoing basis about the Rule [...]
Avoid the risk of using common passwords– make your accounts more secure today WHAT HAPPENS IF I USE COMMON PASSWORDS? Password spray attacks target user accounts by attempting to access hundreds of thousands of accounts with the same common password at once, instead of testing many password combinations on [...]
Performance Practice Leader of Fairview Appointed to CFA Institute’s ESG Verification Subcommittee We are pleased to announce that, this month, Fairview Performance Service’s Vice President and Performance Practice Leader, Greta Nathan, begins her term on CFA Institute’s ESG Verification Subcommittee. CFA Institute issued a Consultation Paper on the Development of [...]
9 Important Highlights from the 2020 GIPS Standards Conference Late last month, CFA Institute held its 24th Annual Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) Conference virtually. The event was an opportunity to capture important information from industry experts and focused on the 2020 GIPS standards, which are effective for firms claiming [...]
CFA Institute’s Online Resources for Asset Owners Claiming Compliance with the 2020 GIPS® Standards CFA Institute’s website has a great list of resources for asset owners claiming compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®). Most items relate to the 2020 edition of the GIPS Standards that was released on June 30, 2019. [...]
GIPS® Advertising Guidelines for Firms Firms claiming compliance with the 2020 edition of the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) have two options for communicating their claim of compliance. One of which is making a full claim of compliance in the firm’s GIPS report, formerly called a “GIPS compliant presentation.” However, asset managers [...]
Are You Taking Steps To Avoid Ransomware Attacks? WHAT HAPPENED? Earlier this month, the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (OCIE) issued a Risk Alert which outlines best practices for maintaining a secure network; the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency [...]