We were actually suprised that the good banks are pretty tight and without real regulations that say exactly what to do. In technology reviews, we've been asked about Van Eck sniffing, encrypting data while in RAM, and some pretty impressive other stuff. Of course the bank is the one with the money at stake. What worries me, is my experience with corporate style IT management tells me they only get that paranoid after being burned a few times. Must have been some expensive lessons. --Mike--
I think you'll find it varies from intitution to institution. Even the big guys get sloppy. While sitting in the back of a cab @ a stoplight in NYC, my 802.11 wireless card lit up. I was able to browse quite a bit of a well known financial institution's network before the light changed.... And back to on-topic, AutoWeek had a interesting article (column actually) this week on Spam.