Financial Security: Responding to the Challenges and Countermeasures in the Digital Age
Published Date: May 29th 2025
Page Length: 272
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-80053-620-3
Price: £28.00
Introduction
DOI: 10.38007/978-1-80053-620-3
A new wave of informatization embodied by next‐generation digital technologies such as cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, and blockchain is sweeping across the globe at unprecedented speed, profoundly transforming every sector of economy and society. Driven by the burgeoning digital economy, financial technology is spearheading the upgrade of traditional financial services, yet it also introduces entirely new security challenges. Cyberattacks, data breaches, and system vulnerabilities have become all too common, rendering the landscape of financial security increasingly complex and demanding a thorough reassessment and reconstruction of defenses suited to the digital era.
Finance serves as a cornerstone of a nation’s economic operation, functioning as the key mechanism for resource allocation and macroeconomic regulation. Although digital transformation has injected fresh dynamism into financial services, it has simultaneously revealed the shortcomings of conventional security frameworks. Confronted with novel risk scenarios, financial institutions and regulators must fuse advanced technologies with rigorous management principles to establish a multilayered, all‐encompassing security architecture. Only by doing so can they effectively counter diverse digital threats and ensure the stability and soundness of the financial system.
This monograph, Financial Security: Responding to the Challenges and Countermeasures in the Digital Age, is born of this very necessity. It offers a systematic analysis of the various threats that inhabit cyberspace and their potential impacts on financial operations, and it proposes concrete strategies and technical measures to address them. Drawing on a wealth of theoretical knowledge and hands‐on experience, the author elucidates the imperative for a modern financial security system, outlines its guiding principles, and details the critical technologies involved. Intended as a scientific, systematic, and forward‐looking reference, this work aims to assist regulatory bodies, financial enterprises, and academic researchers alike. It is our hope that the insights within will empower readers to construct robust financial defenses and to embrace the opportunities and challenges presented by the digital age.