Noelle Maestas

Turnover Rates and Employee Retention after Major Violations

Over the past decade, the federal government including the SEC, FBI, CFPB and Treasury Department have all cracked down on the financial industry. While the financial crisis did invite extra scrutiny, the government is citing many more violations and consumer protections than ever before. This has caused a change in the financial services industry business

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Why Is Hiring Cybersecurity Professionals So Challenging? Oakwood Search understands the “big-picture”.

There is a deep shortage of qualified professionals in the cybersecurity field, and so the competition for employees is fierce.

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Cybersecurity: Hiring Problems in the Financial Services Sector

Cybersecurity is a hot topic in the financial services sector. Banks and financial institutions promise their clients the highest security measures while protecting their assets. However, many financial institutions are anxious about their understaffed cybersecurity teams. Cyber-risk grows every day. Banks worry about the compromise of their operating systems, corruption of data, or the release

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Cybersecurity Recruitment For The Financial Services Sector

The era of digitization has revolutionized the financial domain, offering its customers 24/7 access to company services in a simple and convenient manner. That being said, this digitization has also exposed financial service providers to cyber threats. Many financial institutions are spending a significant amount of money and time hiring cybersecurity personnel, but the vulnerabilities

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Financial Industry at Risk due to Hiring Problems by Companies in the Cyber Security Industry

The financial services industry is increasingly reliant on and increasingly available to, real-time customer interaction consequently increasing its exposure to real-time criminal assault. The digital infrastructure that both the industry and the consumer rely on has drastically increased the scope of cyber vulnerability by growing the dimensions from which it could be attacked. The ability

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Companies still face hiring problems in the cyber security industry

Competition is tough for companies in the cybersecurity industry, resulting in hiring problems to include finding high-quality talent, knowing how to keep that talent engaged, and retaining skilled employees when that talent is in high demand. Even with all the right technology in places like firewalls, intrusion detection systems, intrusion prevention systems as well as sophisticated

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Problems companies in the financial industry face hiring cyber security professionals

The financial industry has a big cyber security problem. According to IBM, the financial services industry was targeted by cyber attacks more than any other sector in 2016. That’s right financial services organizations are even attacked more often than governments. In addition to being the most targeted sector, financial services firms are being hit with

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