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Five Findings from the 2023 IBM Security Cost of a Data Breach Report

Stephanie Goetz: Oct 20, 2023

I was reviewing the 2023 IBM Security Cost of a Data Breach Report this week and wanted to share some findings I found interesting. This report is...

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The AI Arms Race

Vance Monical: Aug 11, 2023

Today, I want to dive into a topic that’s been keeping me up at night: the AI (artificial intelligence) arms race happening right under our noses....

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Business Email Compromise: Attacks Immune to Multi-Factor Authentication

Stephanie Goetz: Jul 21, 2023

They’ve come back around…those business email compromises, which were all too common in the late 2010s.

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“Banking” on Zero Trust: An Essential Shift in Cybersecurity

Tony Bushong: Jul 7, 2023

Ever heard Rick Howard's analogy of networks being like M&M candies? Imagine a hard exterior shell but with a soft, less secure core. Traditional...

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Addressing the MOVEit Vulnerability: Actions for Financial Institutions

Trisha Durkin: Jun 23, 2023

Financial institutions rely on numerous third-party providers to support their operations and deliver essential services. However, these partnerships...

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Insider Cybersecurity Threats: What Financial Institutions Need to Know

Trisha Durkin: May 19, 2023

Community financial institutions face a wide range of cybersecurity threats, but one of the most concerning is insider threats. Insider threats refer...

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Corporate Account Takeovers

Vance Monical: Apr 7, 2023

I want to talk about something that’s been on my mind a lot lately: corporate account takeover (CATO). As someone who has worked in the cybersecurity...

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Discussions Triggered from the LastPass Breach

Brian Petzold: Jan 6, 2023

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...

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Cyber Insurance is Broken. How Do We Fix it?

Chris Bedel: Dec 23, 2022

I've been asked about the state of cyber insurance multiple times over the past couple of months.

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Self-Assessing Authentication & Access Risk

Brian Petzold: Nov 4, 2022

A little over a year ago, banking regulators released the “Authentication and Access to Financial Institution Services and Systems” guidance. Since...

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