The North American Securities Administrators Association ismulling a model cybersecurity rule for investment advisors andis currently developing cyber guidance and a “checklist” for smalladvisory firms to use to assess their cyber preparedness.
“Cybersecurity is a growing challenge for the securitiesindustry and for securities regulators at all levels,” MikeRothman, NASAA president and Minnesota commissioner of commerce,said Friday at NASAA’s Cybersecurity Roundtable in Washington. “Nosecurities firm or investment advisor of any size can afford theloss in client trust — much less financial losses — that willresult from a serious cybersecurity failure. And no investor shouldhave his or her personal information compromised or hard-earnedmoney stolen.”
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