What will it take for community financial institutions to survive in this post pandemic landscape? Or more importantly, what will it take for them to be successful? Last Friday I released a...
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Dear Community Financial Institution Executive: The COVID-19 pandemic will change banking forever and for some, that’s a very scary thing. We all want things to get back to normal as much as...
The short answer is: It's definitely worthy of serious consideration. This blog post is going to cover: Why we should be thinking about this now Assessing the risk What you should consider in...
The Finastra ransomware attack from last week reminded us all of that. The reality is that the overall inherent risk of a data breach or ransomware attack has gone up substantially over the last...
“You're trying to take our jobs.” I think the comment was half joking, but also half serious. It was four years ago, and I was presenting to a group of bank technology officers on the concept of...
I once heard an analogy that is very relevant in the cybersecurity world today. “It’s the brakes on a car that allow it to go faster.” It's the kind of quote that makes you think a little bit. When...
Today's blog post is about the three major roles of an information security program. And the reason I'm writing this is because we often speak to financial institutions that maybe have one or two of...
In our work, we're finding that banks and credit unions are still struggling to differentiate between vendor risk assessments and information technology or information security risk assessments (IT...
About a month ago, our team was doing some work with an outside consultant on some personality testing, and how those personalities align with job functions.Which, if you've never done with your...
If you're like us, you're tired of having a normal job. You're looking for something bigger. Something that means more than just a 9-5. You want to look back at the end of your career and be able...