Chris Bedel

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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...

Don't Ditch SMS, But Change the Way You Use It

Banks are facing a dilemma in using SMS messages to help authenticate their customers. On one hand, fraudsters are targeting such systems more.

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Key Takeaways in Access Control from the Korn Ferry Case

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Why Physical Security is SO Important to Cybersecurity...

Interesting article by Brian Krebs:

All Boards Need a Cybersecurity Expert?

An article that I stumbled upon a few weeks back has me wondering just that... Do boards of directors at financial institutions need a cybersecurity...

Inside The Competitive Testing Battlefield of Endpoint Security

I'm honored to be quoted in "Final Analysis" section of Kevin Townsend's article this week at SecurityWeek.com, especially with the level of quality...