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MFA Enrollment Mistakes
Most financial institutions understand the importance of Multifactor Authentication (MFA) in keeping unauthorized parties from gaining access to user...
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What You Can do About the Okta Compromise
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%...
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Russian Destructive Malware: Don’t Hit the Panic Button
Everyone is on high alert right now because of Russian ransomware attacks as a part of the conflict in Ukraine.
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Russian Cyberthreats
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...
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‘Tis the Season for Tax Scams
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...
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Is Your Risk Assessment Authentication & Access Ready?
In August, the FFIEC released new guidance titled “Authentication and Access to Financial Institution Services and Systems”. Because the guidance...
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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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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...