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“On this transaction, the World Bank demonstrated once again its strong sponsorship from the global investor base, particularly central banks and official institutions. In a difficult market backdrop, they succeeded in securing over 60% of support from this investor segment. This US dollar benchmark rounds off an incredible series of seven-dollar financings for a total of US dollar 40 billion from the funding team over the fiscal year,” said Adrien de Naurois, Managing Director & Head of EMEA Investment Grade Syndicate, BofA Securities.
“We are delighted to be involved in one of the World Bank’s final US dollar benchmark outing for their 2020/21 fiscal year and first 5-year benchmark since October 2020. With this transaction, the World Bank has achieved their tightest pricing spread vs. mid-swaps since 2018 and one of the lowest Treasury spreads in the sector year-to-date. This transaction comes near the end of the World Bank funding year in the pub
Tom Kellerman, head of cybersecurity strategy, VMware Carbon Black
Tom Kellerman of VMware Carbon Black shares his opinions about whether a nation-state was behind the recent ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline and what the U.S. government should do to prevent other cyberattacks. When you look at traditional cybercrime, or this ransomware-as-a-service phenomenon or some of the most regrettable facets of the dark web economy, it is all organized. And it is all protected by nation-states - and typically nation-states that used to be a part of the Soviet bloc, he says.
In a CyberTheory interview with Information Security Media Group, Kellerman discusses:
Unlocking the Power of the Private Sector to Build Resilient and Equitable Health Systems
Nurse preparing a vaccination at the Meshwalekiya health center in Kirkos, Ethiopia. (Photo: World Bank Group-Michael Tsegaye) Across the Global Financing Facility’s (GFF) 36 partner countries, there has been up to a 25 percent drop in coverage of essential health interventions, hitting women, children and adolescents the hardest. Global supply chains have also been disrupted, affecting the provision of medicines, contraceptives, and crucial protective equipment for frontline health workers.
Governments responded swiftly to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic, but health systems are still under strain. While strengthening the public health sector delivery capabilities and domestic resource mobilization remains a priority, private providers also play a key role in serving a sizable proportion of the population in many low- and middle-income countries.
Modern Bank Heists: Attackers Go Beyond Account Takeover
SecurityEditor) • April 13, 2021
Tom Kellermann, head of cybersecurity strategy, VMware Carbon Black
Brokerage account takeover, supply chain attacks, destructive attacks and those that seek to manipulate time or time stamps are among the latest threats uncovered in the new Modern Bank Heists report authored by Tom Kellermann at VMware Carbon Black. There are two headlines, says Kellermann, head of cybersecurity strategy. One is we ve seen a dramatic escalation of destructive attacks and counter-incident response. And the other is that cybercriminals and cybercrime cartels have realized that the most significant asset of a financial institution is not wire transfers or the access to capital; it s nonpublic market information.
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