From the Spring 2021 Issue

Cyber Doomsday on Wall Street

Christian George
Lead Engineer | Booz | Allen | Hamilton

THE BIG ONE
With high-speed trades and immense quantities of exchanges, the global financial community is the most interconnected industry to have ever existed. Banks have always been a target for nefarious actors. As Willie Sutton, the infamous bank robber, reputedly replied to the question of why he robbed banks: "Because that's where the money is.” However, the times have clearly changed, and as Daniel Geer, CIO at In-Q-Tel puts it, “…for the first world, the digital arena is now clearly where the opportunities are, such as that when robbing banks, it is the amateur who . . .

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