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...

Reviewing Complementary User Entity Controls (CUECs) is an important part of any financial institution’s third-party management program. However, we often see many institutions either not performing...

Over the past month, many have written about the latest LastPass breach. If you have not kept up with the breach, you can see the disclosure from LastPass here. Since the breach was publicized,...

Over the next few months, Information Security leaders will be presenting their annual security update to the Board as required by the Gramm Leach Bliley Act (GLBA). It is meant to provide a summary...

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...

Recently, the New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) released a proposed update to its 2017 “Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies" law (also known as “23 NYCRR...

For this year's Thanksgiving Friday 5, the Bedel Security team all came together to share five things they are thankful for this holiday season. Chris Jesus Christ, our savior. My family. Being a...

The Bedel Security Team is excited to welcome its two newest vCISO Specialists, Alex DeLuna and Cory Poupore! Alex began his career as a banking representative for five years with a corporate...

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...

A little over a year ago, banking regulators released the “Authentication and Access to Financial Institution Services and Systems” guidance. Since that time, Bedel Security has been taking the...