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On June 6th, the Federal Reserve, FDIC, and OCC released new interagency guidance on third-party risk management. The new guidance, based on existing OCC guidance from 2013 and 2020, calls for a level of due diligence that might be a surprise to...
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Today, I want to discuss a topic that often goes unnoticed but can have far-reaching consequences: password reuse. In this fast-paced digital age,...
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Recently we’ve received a number of requests for “Key Controls” from auditors or examiners for the financial institutions we work with. Fortunately,...
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Community financial institutions face a wide range of cybersecurity threats, but one of the most concerning is insider threats. Insider threats refer...
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All organizations have (or should have) a firewall that blocks unexpected communications from the Internet to internal network hosts. But what about...
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Small financial institutions, such as community banks and credit unions, face unique challenges when it comes to cybersecurity. One of the biggest...
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I recently had the opportunity to attend, and speak at, the Southeast Community Bank I.T. Rightsourcing Conference in Georgia. It was a great 1-day...
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I want to talk about something that’s been on my mind a lot lately: corporate account takeover (CATO). As someone who has worked in the cybersecurity...
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The Bedel Security Team is excited to welcome our new Administrative Manager, Savannah Halstead!
