A few months ago I was listening to a podcast. The business owner being interviewed wasn't in cybersecurity but had a consulting business. And he talked about how he operated his business with a...
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The 1 Thing You Can Do to Improve Your Cybersecurity Program
by Chris Bedel | Jan 27, 2023
Let's use our imaginations for a few minutes. Let's pretend that your leadership team is concerned about the financial fitness of your bank. Whether it was identified internally, whether examiners...
Cyber Insurance is Broken. How Do We Fix it?
by Chris Bedel | Dec 23, 2022
I've been asked about the state of cyber insurance multiple times over the past couple of months. It started with a Q&A session at an emerging technology committee at one of the state banking...
The Risk Based Audit
by Chris Bedel | Nov 17, 2022
We have a meeting every Monday morning to do a status update on each of the 40 financial institutions we serve as their virtual Information Security Officers. It’s an opportunity to solve unique...
There’s been an interesting trend in the virtual CISO industry over the last several months. I've had conversations with three banks who were looking for a new virtual CISO due to their existing...
5 Lessons I Learned From Interviewing A Crypto Expert
by Chris Bedel | Sep 16, 2022
Last week, I had the chance to interview Wes Spencer, from FifthWall Solutions, on cryptocurrency in community banking. We’ve had so much good feedback from that webinar – if you didn’t get the...
Does It Align With Our Mission?
by Chris Bedel | Aug 19, 2022
We intend to change the way community banks manage cybersecurity. We intend to build an amazing company where our people can thrive. We intend to help those less fortunate than us. A while back, a...
A Platform Won’t Change Your Culture
by Chris Bedel | Jul 22, 2022
“A platform won't change your culture.” This was a great quote by our COO, Stephanie Goetz, at our last offsite team meeting. While I can't remember the exact conversation that spurred that quote, I...
5 Tips for Management to Successfully Communicate with Technical Staff
by Chris Bedel | Jun 10, 2022
A culture of security is one of the most important things that you can have in your bank or credit union. It will make it easier to mature your cybersecurity program and will make it more effective...
5 Tips for Technical People to Successfully Communicate with Management
by Chris Bedel | Jun 3, 2022
A culture of security is one of the most important things that you can have in your bank or credit union. It will make it easier to mature your cybersecurity program and will make it more effective...