Ahh, springtime. I love it. The birds, the flowers, the warm sunshine, the BankDirector.com Risk Survey Report. Wait, what? Yeah, call me a nerd. I always enjoy that report, and it usually releases...

While the definition of a partner is fairly broad, its principles apply to a very broad spectrum of relationships. In the cybersecurity realm, this can apply to any third-party relationship such as...

Financial institutions are required to regularly assess the authentication controls, security layers, and monitoring of Internet Banking to prepare for current threats and comply with FFIEC guidance.

Most financial institutions understand the importance of Multifactor Authentication (MFA) in keeping unauthorized parties from gaining access to user accounts. The volume of phishing attacks...

I love community banking. I didn't know that when I started my career in this industry back in 2007, but I fell in love with it very quickly. Community banks invest in small businesses and make up...

News this week brought us word of something very disappointing, a breach in a large player in the identity services company, Okta. If I’m being 100% honest here, it was an unfortunate eventuality...

It’s easy to use the terms “Information Technology (IT)” and “Information Security (IS)” interchangeably. They are equally important but serve different roles within organizations. Information...

The Bedel Security Team is excited to welcome our newest vCISO Senior Advisor, Tony Bushong! Tony is a CISSP who most recently spent 4 years serving as the ISO of a community bank. Prior to his...

Everyone is on high alert right now because of Russian ransomware attacks as a part of the conflict in Ukraine. We’ve been getting asked about this a lot at Bedel Security here lately. The alerts...

This week the threat from Russia to the Ukraine has turned to reality. The attack was preceded by cyber threats probably long before the physical threat was known. It most likely began with the same...