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Challenge, approach and results.
Modern democratic states are increasingly entrusting certain segments of social security to private security companies that offer services for the protection of persons and property. For this purpose, private security companies are also legally provided for in the protection of financial institutions. For the lawful, professional and effective execution of tasks, the legislator has granted special authorisations to security personnel and prescribed the conditions that private security companies must fulfil in order to be able to undertake the tasks of protecting people and property.
Problem
Modern democratic states are increasingly entrusting certain segments of social security to private security companies that offer services for the protection of persons and property. For this purpose, private security companies are also legally provided for in the protection of financial institutions.
Solution and Method
For the lawful, professional and effective execution of tasks, the legislator has granted special authorisations to security personnel and prescribed the conditions that private security companies must fulfil in order to be able to undertake the tasks of protecting people and property. The legislator has also included part of the so-called critical infrastructure amongst the areas in which it is mandatory to implement an organised security service through private companies. Financial institutions, such as banks, savings banks and post offices, also fall under critical infrastructure.
The protection of financial institutions in the Republic of Slovenia is, through laws and subordinate legislation, entrusted to private security companies for implementation. Consequently, it was necessary to grant authorisations to security personnel and ensure professional training for security management, so that a private security company can act lawfully and successfully in the event of risk incidents. Security systems for financial institutions comprise physical security and technical security.
Together they form protection that ensures uninterrupted operations in facilities and through online banking. The development of IT, the transfer of operations online and the use of non-cash payment methods have resulted in an increasing number of security risks occurring in these environments, which is why there is a significantly greater risk for both the financial institution and the user when conducting business online. In financial institutions, the foundation of the security system is established during the planning of construction and is then supplemented and upgraded into a comprehensive security solution that substantially limits security risks.
When carrying out the operations of financial institutions and their users online, however, the security system must be constantly upgraded and new security risks must be detected in real time, limited upon entry and prevented from operating negatively within the banking system. Currently, users of online banking are exposed to the greatest security risk, primarily due to the abandonment of security measures, which can also have negative consequences for the financial institution. The reason is probably that in the 21st century, users can use online banking not only through desktop and laptop computers, but also through mobile telephones, which, due to the operation of various applications, are highly exposed to the activities of computer criminals – so-called
"computer hackers", who exploit unlawfully obtained data for the purpose of gaining financial benefit.
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