The Bedel Security Blog

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Log4Shell Response for Community Financial Institutions

This post is intended to help community financial institutions appropriately prioritize their response efforts to the Log4Shell vulnerability. If...

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Extending Security Controls Beyond the Office

Over the past several years, organizations have allocated considerable resources to protect their Information Technology environment. Historically,...

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Backups vs. Retention

We often run into situations where different staff in an institution have different understandings of the goals and operations of their backup...

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Cyber New Year’s Resolution: Start with a Gut Check

Ever get that feeling that you don’t know what you don’t know about the effectiveness of your cybersecurity program?

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Keep an Eye on API Security

Application programming interfaces, or APIs, enable applications to exchange data and functionality easily with other applications and users in or...

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Tricky Phish Testing

Phishing remains one of the top threats to organizations today. Every user regularly receives emails designed to trick them into clicking on a link,...

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Resource for your Customers: 1-Page Cybersecurity Checklist For Small Businesses

Recently, I was presenting to a risk management forum at a banking association on cybersecurity and the question came up as to whether my company...

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vCISO Questions and Answers 14: What do examiners say? What kind of due diligence should we do on a vCISO?

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vCISO Questions and Answers 13: What should you look for in a provider? What does a typical contract look like?

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vCISO Questions and Answers 12: Incidents and Pandemics