Chris Bedel

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Patch your Microsoft Systems now to Protect Yourself from WannaCry Ransomware

The WannaCry ransomware is bad news. It is known to spread like a worm over the LAN once a machine is infected. Microsoft is urging everyone to install critical patches immediately.

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Are We Relying Too Much On User Awareness In Cybersecurity?

Steven Chabinsky, former Deputy Assistant Directory of Cyber for the FBI, says that we do rely too much on user awareness and we need to do a "180"...

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Cybersecurity in Enterprise Risk Management

If you aren't familiar with Enterprise Risk Management, or ERM for short, you should take some time in the near future to do so. Audits and...

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Cybersecurity And The Board

Juliette Rizkallah recently wrote an article on forbes.com about the evolution of the involvement by the board of directors in cybersecurity. She...

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Implement Practical Policies and Processes to Improve Your Cyber Security

Lately, we've been running into cyber security programs and information security programs (ISP) that are elaborate, lengthy, complex, and written...

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4 of Top 5 IT Certifications are Security Related

PC Mag released their annual "Top 7 Paid IT Certifications" article in early April. It turns out that 4 of the top 5 highest paid IT certifications...

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A Bank CEO Manages the Risks of Doing Business with Fintech

I believe fintech will be one of the major differentiators for conventional banks going into the future. But many banks are turned off by the risks...

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Sheltered Harbor: New Concept? Or Should You Be Doing This Stuff Already?

Several of our banking clients have reached out to us in the past couple weeks to ask our thoughts on Sheltered Harbor. My guess is that the common...

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