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How Do I Perform A Credit Union Information Security Risk Assessment? [FFIEC...
The credit union information security risk assessment is quite arguably the most important process a credit union CIO can undertake. After all, how do you protect against threats you are unaware of or...
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How Does Ongoing Operations Perform A Credit Union Disaster Recovery Test?
Ongoing Operations has participated in hundreds Disaster Recovery Tests (and real events!) with clients. Although everyone calls the effort a DR “test”, the approach we take with these is to look at...
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Do I Need To Classify My Data For My Credit Union IT Risk Assessment? [FFIEC...
In part 2 of our Information Security Assessment “how to” report, we reviewed how to approach the difficult process of gathering the required information needed to perform the assessment. As a...
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Credit Union Cloud Features Big Savings!
Sometimes you get so psyched you just gotta share the news! When we asked CEO, Jim Whipp of St. Agnes Federal Credit Union to share with us his experience with his recent OGO engineered IT...
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Who Are The Top Credit Union Business Continuity Software Providers For...
Each year at Ongoing Operations, we meet with hundreds of credit unions all across the nation with respect to their Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity planning and compliance needs. Almost all are...
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Inside Look At A Credit Union Cloud [Part 2]
Apparently I hit the nail on the head last week with the “cloudy day” post (or what does cloud computing really look like?) Your feedback was along the lines of “spot on”, “finally” and “can you tell...
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Take An Inside Look At The Impact of Cloud Computing On A Credit Union!
I‘m a big fan of Zillow. Not because I’m house shopping or anything but because I like to zoom in on random places that I’d otherwise never be able to visit! This birds eye view makes me feel empowered...
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The Death of Windows 2003 Server Can Be The Birth Of Your Credit Union Cloud
It was estimated that millions of credit union applications were (are?) running on Windows 2003 server and that thousands of credit unions are still dependent on this platform for at least one...
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Is Testing My Core Processor Enough To Pass A Disaster Recovery Test?
Just as there are thousands of types of potential disasters (Man-made, Environment/Natural, Cyber and Technical), there are equally as many variants possible to test your disaster recovery plans. And...
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Would You Pay Ransom To Save Your Credit Union From A DDoS Attack?
It’s possible I have watched too much crime TV in my lifetime – because when I hear the words ransom and extortion I immediately have visions of masked bad guys taking someone’s loved one and...
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How Can We Survive With A Credit Union Cloud Solution?
I guess the better question would be “How is your credit union going to survive without a Cloud base solution”? Now that information technology basically oversees our personal and professional interest...
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Insider’s Guide To Credit Union Managed Telecom
The last thing you want to do when you have a great car is drive it down an unpaved dirt road. To avoid damage you may throttle it down and creep along to ensure your “baby” isn’t damaged! The same...
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Stop Doing These 3 Things If You Want Your Credit Union Member Information Safe
You’ve worked really hard to protect your credit unions member information from the obvious threats (think ransom hacker or dumpster diver). You have a firewall and some sort of alphabet soup strategy...
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Insiders Guide To Credit Union Managed Security
In our recent post, “5 Steps To Build Your Credit Union Cloud” we outlined a very deliberate and strategic path to move your credit union to the cloud. We explained how managed services are giving...
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Deciphering Your Credit Union Cloud Options To Ensure Your Data Is Secure
If you are a credit union that believes no service provider can be as responsive as your own team,then cloud probably isn’t for you. However, if you think the right service provider can be more...
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Insiders Guide To Credit Union Managed Disaster Recovery (DRaaS)
We are continuing our series on the components of building your credit union cloud with today’s post on credit union managed disaster recovery (DRaaS). In our first post on this topic, “5 Steps To...
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Top 3 Reasons Why “In-House” Doesn’t Work For Most Credit Union Data Centers...
I get it, I really do. Having the technology/data center you are responsible for right across the hallway can be comforting. For thirteen years, I oversaw a large CU’s Information Technology...
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Insider’s Guide To Credit Union Hosted Servers – Calculating TCO
We are continuing our series on the components of building your credit union cloud with today’s post on credit union hosted servers. In our first post on this topic, “5 Steps To Build Your Credit...
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You Won’t Believe What These Credit Union CIOs Did Over The Holiday Break!...
I’m sorry. I just couldn’t resist using the swanky title strategy to lure you into our blog today. For some reason, these type of headlines more often than not result in me clicking thru due to a...
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