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Board Cyber Awareness

Over the next few months, Information Security leaders will be presenting their annual security update to the Board as required by the Gramm Leach Bliley Act (GLBA). It is meant to provide a summary of the information security program over the...

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Cyber Insurance is Broken. How Do We Fix it?

I've been asked about the state of cyber insurance multiple times over the past couple of months.

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Regulators Becoming More Prescriptive

Recently, the New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) released a proposed update to its 2017 “Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial...

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A Few Things We're Thankful For

For this year's Thanksgiving Friday 5, the Bedel Security team all came together to share five things they are thankful for this holiday season.

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The Risk Based Audit

We have a meeting every Monday morning to do a status update on each of the 40 financial institutions we serve as their virtual Information Security...

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Self-Assessing Authentication & Access Risk

A little over a year ago, banking regulators released the “Authentication and Access to Financial Institution Services and Systems” guidance. Since...

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Effective User Access Reviews

What exactly is a user access review? In its simplest form, this review is a process that certifies that users’ (including vendors’) access within...

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Tools to Check Out in the Cybersecurity Resource Guide

Last week, we saw the Federal Financial Institutions Council (FFIEC) announce an update to its Cybersecurity Resource Guide. It was originally...

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