Chris Bedel

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Evolution in the Business Model Changes the Way Banks must Approach Cybercrime

Safety concept: computer keyboard with Opened Padlock icon and word Cyber Crime on enter button background, 3d render Financial Institutions need to...

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Creating a Simple Threat Information Sharing Policy to Achieve Baseline Compliance

Several clients of mine have asked about adopting a threat information sharing policy to move towards baseline compliance in the FFIEC Cybersecurity...

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Three Critical Challenges for Bank Audit Committees - #1: Cybersecurity

Because Cybersecurity is a business issue, not just an IT issue, the risk that it brings should be addressed by all areas of the financial...

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Need Ideas for Incident Response Testing? Look no Further than the FDIC Cyber Challenges

Incident Response testing is critical. A lot of banks are doing it, but some still aren't. It is required to achieve Baseline maturity in the 2015...

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Consider the Importance of Forensics in your Ransomware Response Plan

It was during an incident response test with a client that this topic came up. The scenario was something like this: Ransomware infects several...

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77% of Banks Surveyed List Cybersecurity as an Area of Concern, CISO Plays Important Role

The survey was conducted in January of 2016 by BankDirector.com where they asked executives and board members at 161 different financial institutions...

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Announcing the Launch of BEDELsecurity.com!

We are in the security business. So "SECURITY" should be in the name, right? When I first started on my own, I was a little afraid to get specific on...

Setting and Achieving Realistic Information Security Program Goals for 2016

I love this article by Kevin Beaver on goals for your ISP. Although it's already the end of March, it is applicable at any time of the year because...

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More about the Virtual CISO (vCISO) Role

What is a Virtual CISO (vCISO)? Keeping your information security and cybersecurity programs up to snuff can be difficult for community banks. Having...