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Re: Bank Of Montreal Online Security
From: Davin Enigl <davinenigl () comcast net>
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2012 18:50:57 -0700
On 11/02/2012 12:07 PM, Mikhail A. Utin wrote:
Hello, Frankly, considering usual number of a bank customers, which could be up to 10 million, using anything better than a user name and a password create a technical problem for IT, meaning finally money. Breaking in bank's accounts and stealing information is relativily rare. I do remember they replaced my credit cards twice during twenty years. I have accounts with 5 major banks, so see the statistics. I would believe that it is much cheaper for a bank fixing accounts, replacing cards, etc. than keeping on-line complex authentication system. RBS Citizens uses as well an image associated with an account that adds some security value. Regards Mikhail utin, CISSP
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Current thread:
- RE: Bank Of Montreal Online Security, (continued)
- RE: Bank Of Montreal Online Security Hough, Kenneth P (Nov 01)
- RE: Bank Of Montreal Online Security Alexander A. Kelner (Nov 01)
- Re: Bank Of Montreal Online Security Michael Peppard (Nov 01)
- Re: Bank Of Montreal Online Security Davin Enigl (Nov 02)
- RE: Bank Of Montreal Online Security Mike Vella (Nov 02)
- RE: Bank Of Montreal Online Security Hough, Kenneth P (Nov 01)
- Re: Bank Of Montreal Online Security Alexander A. Kelner (Nov 01)
- Re: Bank Of Montreal Online Security Davin Enigl (Nov 02)
- Re: Bank Of Montreal Online Security Davin Enigl (Nov 02)
- Re: Bank Of Montreal Online Security Davin Enigl (Nov 04)
- RE: Bank Of Montreal Online Security Ken Schaefer (Nov 23)
- Re: Bank Of Montreal Online Security Nathan V (Nov 26)