Chris Bedel

Cybersecurity: What the Best Banks Do to Protect Themselves

The hack of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and other financial giants in 2014, which involved the theft of 80 million customer records, revealed an unfortunate...

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When a Returned Wire isn’t Just a Returned Wire

[caption id="attachment_715" align="alignnone" width="672"] Recently, the Wire Department at a client of ours noted an unusual event where $5,000 had...

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Why was it so Quiet in the Fourth Quarter?

[caption id="attachment_714" align="alignnone" width="672"] It’s good to be back on the blog. My last post was on September 28, 2016, which means I...

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Announcing the Release of our First White Paper!

The Virtual CISO and Outsourced ISO service offering are gaining a ton of interest lately, as they very well should be. Community banks are in need...

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Hired Guns: The Rise of the Virtual CISO

I love this article by Michelle Drolet on Network World: The enterprise is facing a dangerous combination of mounting cybersecurity threats of...

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Coming to Your State?: New York Releases First-of-its-Kind Cybersecurity Regulation for Banks

Last week, New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo announced new proposed state regulation for banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions....

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Is it Time to Take the Organization of Your Information Security Program to the Next Level?

The Information Security Program at Banks and Credit Unions is getting to be a pretty complex thing. Policies, audits, reviews, board reports,...

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Key to Successful Vendor Management Program: Walk Before You Run

[caption id="attachment_683" align="alignnone" width="1344"] I have some colleagues who disagree with this approach, but I’ve seen far too many of my...

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How do you measure success when it comes to stopping Phishing attacks?

An article on CSO Online this week caught my attention and raises an excellent question. That being, "what is a good success rate in your phishing...