Probe demanded by Investor group into SEC, urges data rules delay
Probe demanded by Investor group into SEC, urges data rules delay: Independent investigations into U.S Security and Exchange commission (SEC) hack have been demanded by a global investor group on Friday, the group furthermore urged the regulator to delay new data-gathering rules until it could assure investors that its computer systems were secure.
The Investment Company Institute (ICI), which represents over 95 million U.S. shareholders wanted the SEC to clear up concerns about its cyber defenses before requiring funds to submit monthly performance data to the regulator. Paul Schott Stevens, the group’s chief executive, told in a phone interview.
“What the SEC breach now makes very clear is precisely what we were concerned about – that market-sensitive information of that nature can be exploited to the disadvantage of millions and millions of investors,” Stevens said.
The group ICI whose members hold more then $20 trillion plus in assets, has raised concerns about how the SEC safeguarded industry data it gathers since 2015.
“I‘m certain there will be a full inquiry by the Government of Accountability Office – and there should be, so we understand exactly what happened here,” Stevens said.
In a July report, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a congressional watchdog, criticized the SEC for failing to fully protect its computer networks from cyber attacks and recommended a slew of improvements. Some of recommendations it had made in previous reports had still not been implemented, it noted.
Former SEC Chair Mary Jo White, in office when the hack occurred, told Reuters in 2016 that cyber security posed the biggest risk to the U.S. financial system.
Her successor, Jay Clayton, uncovered the full extent of the hack after launching a review of the SEC’s cyber security standards earlier this year.
“Some recommendations the GAO made haven’t yet been implemented. There’s obviously a failure here of some kind. That’s why we’re so glad Chairman Clayton has moved to address this,” said Stevens.
The SEC declined to comment.
New reporting rules which start to come into force in December would require funds for the first time to confidentially file complete monthly portfolio holdings with the SEC, data which the ICI has said could easily be used for insider trading if obtained by hackers.
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