There’s yet another debate growing post-COVID. It’s not vaccinations, masks, or whether it’s safe to eat at a restaurant, it’s when and how much workers will return to the office. In considering the...

The Bedel Security Team is excited to welcome our newest vCISO Senior Advisor, Vance Monical, CISM, CISA! Vance brings 14 years of experience leading Information Security and Operations within banks...

You started with an Information Security Policy that covered the basics. Then one day an auditor walked in and asked to see your Data Destruction Policy, so you wrote one. In the next exam,...

It sounds like a total oxymoron: Independent Collaboration. On the Predictive Index, those two words are on opposing ends of the spectrum when it comes to describing an individual's working style....

Most of our IT infrastructures were built to trust. From the time users sign on in the morning until they log off at the end of the day, the network trusts them as well as the computer that they are...

Information Security leadership can be a tough spot. We are agents of almost constant change in order to combat threats that no one can see. Threats that often don’t show evidence of their...

I was having a conversation with a colleague this past week (a bank auditor to give you some context). As we were talking about cybersecurity and the banking industry, the conversation came up about...

It’s safe to say that remote work is here stay. While we are on the verge of opening back up after COVID, people have loved the flexibility that remote work provides and perhaps there’s no going...

Over the years, I have become wary of the term “best practice” when it is applied to technology and cybersecurity. The term “best practice” is supposed to mean that what is being described aligns...

Several weeks ago, I was out with the rest of the Bedel Security staff on a strategic and team building exercise. During our meal we discovered a “vodka pairing” menu that the restaurant was working...