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Welcome to The Bedel Security Team, Andrew Hernandez, CISM, CISSP!
We are so excited to welcome our newest vCISO Senior Advisor, Andrew Hernandez, CISM, CISA to The Bedel Security Team!
Risk Management (3)
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Key Risk Indicators: Your Early Warning System for Cyber Threats in Community Financial Institutions
In the financial world, predicting risk is like forecasting the weather—you need to know the signs of a brewing storm before it hits. For community...
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5 Predictions for the Future of Banking as a Service
If you keep up with the banking industry, then you’ve certainly heard about the significant events in the past several months bringing a lot of...
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CrowdStrike and Supply Chain Risk Management—What Can we Learn From this Experience?
Wow, how much technology has changed in the past 15 years? I remember when “vendor” reviews were uncommon, technology was hosted in-house in 95% of...
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Control Assessments Vs. Risk Assessments
When we first start working with new institutions, it is not unusual for us to see them struggling because they have focused their efforts on...
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Consent Orders Put Focus on Third-Party Risk Management
There have been multiple consent orders issued recently which have made it clear that regulators are starting to enforce new third-party risk...
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Navigating the Intersection of AI and Cybersecurity
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a game-changer for businesses. As we explore how...
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The Three Lines of Defense
We have referenced this concept in blog posts previously related to growing your Information Security Program and ensuring independence in your...
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Ransomware Self-Assessment Tool 2.0: A Comprehensive Overview of the Latest Release
Introduction
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What is a Good Password Length?
We are often asked what length passwords should be. The answer that we give in general is that we would like user passwords to be at least 14...