The companies that get the least scrutiny from financial regulators present some of the greatest risks for systemic financial market manipulation and fraud. CISO: Financial news and brokerage service companies are at the heart of the international financial system. Data feed connections with financial markets have no authentication, are not encrypted and have no checks for data integrity. The second major flaw in the operations of these companies is the manner in which financial news is reported to the markets, which can be spoofed by spoofed. Like the market data market feeds, news feeds can quickly affect the pricing of securities.”]
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