Every so often it’s useful to sit back and reexamine a subject from a 40,000 foot perspective. In the last six to eight weeks, three unrelated items have caused me to do just that as I think about security issues...
The usage of social media has shifted with customer adoption. The growth of applications and consumers joining the social media bandwagon has influenced how consumers leverage technology; interact with friends, family and coworkers, and purchase with brands they trust. Pew...
2014 started with a key infographic on how and why “privacy” ended the year as the 2013 Word of the Year. From our collective experience, 2014 however will forever be known as the “Year of the Data Breach”. A recent...
The FFIEC issued its general findings from an assessment of over 500 community based financial institutions this summer. In its November 3rd press release, the FFIEC discussed the growing need for tighter cybersecurity measures and indicated that it was already...
I began my banking career in 1978 at an eight-branch affiliate of a $3 billion bank holding company. One of my roles was security officer. The prevailing law addressing bank security is the Bank Protection Act of 1968. In 1978...
Once upon a time, privacy and information security were an afterthought during contract negotiations. But breach notification has fundamentally changed the process, causing organizations to become increasingly concerned with their service providers’ privacy and security practices. Breach reporting time periods...
