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AI Without Losing Trust: A Starting Point for Community Banks
Let’s just say it out loud: AI makes a lot of us uncomfortable.
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Changing Regulatory Landscape
Changing Regulatory Landscape: What “Material Financial Risk” Means for IT and Cybersecurity Late in 2025, all three federal banking regulatory...
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Why We Built The BaaS Risk Checklist (And What We’re Hoping to Learn)
Over the past year, I’ve had more than a few community bank leaders ask me the same question: “How can we explore innovation without putting the bank...
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Why the FFIEC CAT Isn’t Your Risk Assessment—And What To Do Instead
With the upcoming sunset of the FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT) in less than three months, community banks are beginning to get nervous...
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Beyond the CAT: Building on a Foundation That Lasts
Introduction As most bankers know by now, the FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT), first released in 2015, will officially sunset on August 31,...
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In a World of Emerging Technology, One Truth Remains
Artificial intelligence, quantum computing, cryptocurrency, banking as a service - there’s no shortage of new technology shaking up the financial...
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10 Years of Bedel Security: Gratitude, Growth, and Going Forward
Ten years ago, Bedel Security was nothing more than an idea—a vision for how we could help community banks and credit unions address a critical gap...
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5 Reflections From My Discussions With a Former FBI Agent
When I was first asked to join John Iannarelli (aka “FBI John”), a former FBI agent, for a discussion at the Indiana Bankers Association Annual...