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Social media and cloud computing for financial services

Social media and cloud computing for financial services

Social media and cloud computing for financial services

Date: Mar 24, 2010

Paul Smocer discusses the use of social media and cloud computing by financial services firms, including the inherent risks, and what you can do to mitigate them.

About the speaker
Paul Smocer is the Vice President of Security at BITS, a division of the Financial Services Roundtable.

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