The Bedel Security Blog

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Independent Collaboration Part 2: A Framework for Outsourcing IT in Financial Institutions

This article is the second of a 2-part series on building an effective outsourcing strategy for the various components of IT for financial...

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Independent Collaboration Part 1: A Concept for Outsourcing IT in Financial Institutions

It sounds like a total oxymoron: Independent Collaboration. On the Predictive Index, those two words are on opposing ends of the spectrum when it...

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The Policy Labyrinth

You started with an Information Security Policy that covered the basics. Then one day an auditor walked in and asked to see your Data Destruction...

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Five Tips for Tough Days as a (C)ISO

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What is "Best Practice"?

Over the years, I have become wary of the term “best practice” when it is applied to technology and cybersecurity. The term “best practice” is...

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Vodka Pairings and FinTech

Several weeks ago, I was out with the rest of the Bedel Security staff on a strategic and team building exercise. During our meal we discovered a...

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Mitigating Supply Chain Attacks

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The Powerful GLBA Board Report

When the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act was implemented, each regulatory agency adopted a set of interagency guidelines and regulations required for...

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Does your Change Management Process Need a Conversion?

We are seeing findings related to change management cropping up in several audit reports this year. Appropriately scoping change management can be...

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The Perfect Meeting Agenda to Improve IT & Cyber Governance

One of the first things we do when working with a new client is to establish recurring monthly meetings with a set agenda for every meeting. Having...