We often get asked, "what are the most important things a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) should be doing in an organization, particularly a financial institution?" While the tactics...

Ever wonder what a virtual CISO is? Or more importantly, if it could be a feasible solution for your financial institution? While we plan to do aFriday5 on the top things your Virtual CISO...

We all know that incident response is critical to a good cybersecurity program at community banks and credit unions. The term "Cyber Resiliency" comes to mind, and by that term, we mean having the...

Bedel Security welcomes Brian Petzold to their team as Virtual CISO / VP Chief Technology Officer. He’ll be using his expertise to offer vCISO consulting services along with playing a key role in...

With a surge in the price of cryptocurrencies, cybercriminals are starting to turn to mining attacks to reap the rewards. This is evident in the recent attack on an estimated 5,000 web servers this...

This Friday 5 is a couple of articles that I thought to be share-worthy this week: " The two most important ways to defend against security threats" by Roger Grimes Roger makes a great point that...

This week, the Secret Service began warning financial institutions about a rash of jackpotting attacks across the US, and the threat that more could be coming. Brian Krebs ran the story back on...

We're seeing more and more of this with financial institutions, and the vendors offering this seem to multiply every day. I'm talking about the online solutions that help manage Governance, Risk,...

I recently had the chance to have some lengthy, and very valuable, discussions with a DFI IT Examiner on current areas of focus for them. Wait... before you roll your eyes: he knew his stuff, with...

We recently had the opportunity to assist with the response to a skimming incident at a community bank. Fortunately, the whole thing was resolved with very few issues, and that was due, in large...