The Cyber Crystal Ball: What’s in Store for Community Financial Institutions in 2025?
“2024 was rough; why should 2025 be any different?” This is the mantra heard in many community banks and credit unions as they brace for the next...
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Trisha Durkin : Sep 22, 2023
Cybersecurity Awareness Month1 is an annual campaign held in October to promote awareness about the importance of cybersecurity and encourage individuals and organizations to take proactive steps to protect themselves from online threats. Financial institutions are responsible for ensuring that their employees and customers are provided training and awareness for cybersecurity threats (see Domain 1 of the FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool).
Thankfully, we are not alone in having to develop these resources! The National Cybersecurity Alliances and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) have created free resources to help us build our own campaigns for employees and customers. The 2023 Champion program is a way to officially show your support and receive free resources. According to the National Cybersecurity Alliance’s website, registered Champions receive a Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 toolkit that includes:
How do we make the most of these resources available to us?
https://staysafeonline.org/programs/cybersecurity-champion/
While Cybersecurity Awareness Month only lasts for a month, the campaign strives to promote cybersecurity awareness and best practices throughout the year, encouraging individuals and organizations to maintain vigilance in protecting themselves online.
Bedel Security assists financial institutions across the country with managing their Information Security program every day of the year. If you have questions or would like to learn more about what we do, please contact us at support@bedelsecurity.com to start a conversation.
1. Cybersecurity Awareness Month
https://staysafeonline.org/programs/cybersecurity-awareness-month/
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