Insider Threat: Tackling it with Technology - Jacob Jegher, Celent

The ex-Goldman Sachs employee accused of taking proprietary trading code is only one example of the insider threat within financial services companies. Jacob Jegher, banking analyst with Celent, discusses: Lessons learned from the Goldman Sachs case; The importance of policies and procedures when it comes to thwarting the insider threat; What role technology plays in stopping internal fraud. Jegher, based in Montreal, Canada, is a senior analyst within Celent's banking group. His research focuses on emerging technologies and business strategies in retail and wholesale banking. His areas of expertise include online banking (retail, small business, and corporate cash management), social media, IT security, and customer relationship management and strategy. He is the primary author of Celent's annual global IT spending report, as well as the banking CIO survey and model bank report. Celent is an international research and consulting firm focused on the application of information technology in the global financial services industry.