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DDoS Attack Vulnerability Checklist for Credit Unions
In what is being called a groundbreaking move last month, the FFIEC established guidelines that it “expects” financial institutions to follow with respect to DDoS mitigation. Every credit union, let’s...
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How Can 911 Text Messaging Improve My Credit Union Crisis Communications Plan?
Everyone knows that’s dialing 911 is “the” thing to do in a crisis – but how can the new text 911 option help improve your credit union crisis communications plan? With the proliferation of cell...
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How Will I Know If My Credit Union Is Under (DDoS) Attack?
More often than not, a DDoS attack is not readily noticeable at first. How can that be? Your credit union has invested thousands of dollars in firewalls, IPS, IDS, anti-virus/anti-spam protection! It...
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My Website And Online Banking Are Outsourced Why Should I Care About DDoS?
It’s not unusual for a credit union to have their website and/or their online banking hosted by a 3rd party. This strategy often provides optimized service through high availability configurations and...
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Hurricane Season – Is Your Credit Union BCP Ready?
I heard the other day that although 2013 was forecast to be an “active” hurricane season that it was actually quite the opposite. There were fewer named storms than expected. As I pondered over what...
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What is Blackholing and Is It A Valid DDoS Mitigation Strategy For Your...
Blackholing is a common defense strategy used by Internet Service Providers (ISP) to stop DDoS attacks by blocking incoming traffic and redirecting it into a “blackhole” or null route. At first glance...
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What Is The Difference Between Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity?
Each week our professional services team works with credit unions all over the nation in developing DR/BCP plans. One of the most common topics of discussion during these visits is about the difference...
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How Do I Select A DDoS Mitigator (Solution)? [Checklist]
Make no mistake about it – credit unions have been put on alert by NCUA to prepare for DDoS attacks. The problem is no one is telling them how! When new threats hit the news, a wave of new “flavor of...
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3 Actions To Take Now To Make Sure Your Emergency Response Plan Protects...
It was over 20 years ago – I was sitting at my desk when I realized that the entire building had evacuated and I was just happily working away. I had no way of knowing or understanding it yet but that...
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Advanced DDoS Strategies For Credit Unions! [New eBook]
Protecting your credit union data takes more than just a firewall. threats continue to increase exponentially and unless actions are taken to mitigate these risks your member data could be vulnerable....
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Credit Union Backups – Its Time To Rethink Your Tapes! [New eBook]
Trying to make sense of the complex world of data backups can be a daunting task for credit union IT leaders. The regulatory requirements can be quite dizzying and don’t even get me started on the...
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What Is Managed Security And Is It Right For My Credit Union ?
During a tabletop this month I had a side conversation with a credit union CIO about their recent NCUA audit. Now mind you, I need to frame this just a bit so you’ll understand that this credit union...
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How To Make Sure Hackers Can Successfully Steal Your Credit Union Data
It wasn’t long ago when I was responsible for ensuring the integrity of a large credit union’s infrastructure – three years and five months to be exact. For roughly 13 years, I had the honor of...
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REMINDER – Cyber Attack Exercise Registration Deadline Approaching FS-ISAC...
As a kid I can remember when important news flashed across the television screen always with the same introduction – “We interrupt this program for a very important message”. And while I cannot...
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Pros and Cons of MPLS
Perhaps you are a Credit Union considering upgrading your telecom infrastructure – maybe you are looking for better performance, more bandwidth or more flexibility. This post provides you the pros and...
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Top 5 Considerations When Picking A Managed Security Provider
September was usually the most active “budget” month for my credit union. Hours were spent writing the business cases and justifying expenditures. One area that rarely met any opposition was an...
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How Much Bandwidth Do I Need For Offsite Data Backups?
Deciding how much bandwidth is required for your offsite data backups requires a review of your Recovery Point Objective (RPO), how often you want to send data offsite, and how much of your production...
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OGO RISK ALERT: Bash Vulnerability (September 24th)
On September 24, 2014, a vulnerability in the Bash shell was publicly announced. The vulnerability is related to the way in which shell functions are passed though environment variables. The...
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OGO RISK ALERT: Bash Vulnerability UPDATE
Background On September 24, 2014, a vulnerability in the Bash shell was publicly announced. The vulnerability is related to the way in which shell functions are passed though environment variables. The...
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Time To Dust Off Your Credit Union Pandemic Plan?
Every year we are bombarded with notifications to get our annual flu shot. What used to be available only in the doctor’s office is now served up at your local Target or Rite Aid stores. But recently...
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