The Bedel Security Team is excited to welcome our new Relationship Manager, Kassia Morgan! Kassia is a young professional who has amassed 8 years of experience in Sales and Product Management. Her...

Every year, thousands of people fall victim to tax-related phishing scams. As with most intrusions, it only takes one click on a fraudulent link to give the bad guys everything they need to...

In August, the FFIEC released new guidance titled “Authentication and Access to Financial Institution Services and Systems”. Because the guidance replaces the previous “Authentication in an Internet...

Most information security professionals understand the compliance and business requirements of keeping management informed of the Information Security Program, but that is easier said than done....

On October 27, 2021, the FTC published revisions to Part 314: The Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information. It outlines a set of requirements that “financial institutions” must adhere to in...

This post is intended to help community financial institutions appropriately prioritize their response efforts to the Log4Shell vulnerability. If you’ve been watching your threat intel feeds (or...

Over the past several years, organizations have allocated considerable resources to protect their Information Technology environment. Historically, this meant securing the perimeter of the office(s)...

We often run into situations where different staff in an institution have different understandings of the goals and operations of their backup system. The IT department tends to think of backups as...

Ever get that feeling that you don’t know what you don’t know about the effectiveness of your cybersecurity program? You’re not alone. Trust me though, you are better off than those with blind...

Application programming interfaces, or APIs, enable applications to exchange data and functionality easily with other applications and users in or outside an organization. Examples of APIs you may...