Credit Union Information Security Podcast

In an exclusive interview, Pradeep Khosla, dean of the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon, discusses:

Khosla is currently Dean of the College of Engineering and the Philip and Marsha Dowd University Professor at Carnegie Mellon. His previous positions include: Founding Director, Carnegie Mellon CyLab; Head, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Director, Information Networking Institute; Founding Director, Institute for Complex Engineered Systems (ICES); and Program Manager, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), where he managed a $50M portfolio of programs in real-time systems, internet enabled software infrastructure, intelligent systems, and distributed systems.

Pattinson is a leading expert on smart cards and using the microprocessor chip to keep identity credential data and biometrics secure and private. Pattinson has been heavily involved in planning and implementing a number of federal government security initiatives including the Department of Defense Common Access Card (CAC); the State Department's electronic passport; the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative cards; the Department of Transportation's Transportation Worker Identity Credential (TWIC) and the Transportation Security Administration's Registered Traveler program. Pattinson works closely with the General Services Administration, Treasury, Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs and NASA, which all have smart ID programs underway.

In an exclusive interview, Kutchey discusses:

Kutchey was appointed to his current position in September 2008. As deputy director, Kutchey assists the E&I director to oversee the agency's supervision and examination program, risk management and data collection programs. Kutchey comes to the position after serving as director of Risk Management within E&I.

Kutchey joined NCUA in 1990 as an examiner in Baltimore, Md. During his NCUA career, Kutchey has held numerous positions -- problem case officer, supervisory examiner, director of Supervision in Region II, and director of Risk Management.

Information security - it's now a major national priority, and it's also the subject of a new Master's of Science program at East Stroudsburg University. This unique, online graduate program debuts on Aug. 31, and in an exclusive interview ESU professor N. Paul Schembari discusses:

For institutions of all sizes, information security is a top priority at North Dakota banking institutions. But the smaller ones struggle to dedicate sufficient resources to the task, says Tim Karsky, Commissioner of the ND Dept. of Financial Institutions.

In a discussion of his agency's top priorities, Karsky discusses:

Karsky is a North Dakota native with an extensive background in the financial industry. He began his banking career with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in January 1982, and joined the Department of Banking and Financial Institutions in the fall of 1986 as Chief Examiner.

In 1989, Karsky was appointed Assistant Commissioner for the Department. He served in that capacity until 1997, when he moved into a new role as a loan officer for a Bismarck financial institution. Karsky returned to the Department as Assistant Commissioner in 1999, was appointed Commissioner in July, 2001, and is Chairman of the State Banking Board and State Credit Union Board, which oversees the state's state-chartered banks and credit unions. The Department of Financial Institutions also supervises consumer finance companies, money brokers, collection agencies, and deferred presentment providers.

In the first of a series of interviews with state regulatory leaders, Charles Vice, Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions, discusses:

Vice was appointed commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) effective Aug. 16, 2008. As the commissioner of DFI, Vice has responsibility for the regulatory oversight of all state-chartered financial institutions, which includes examinations, licensing of financial professionals, registration of securities and enforcement.

Vice was a bank examiner for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) for 18 years, serving the Lexington field office. During his tenure with FDIC, Vice served as the office's expert on subprime lending and capital markets. He was in charge of the examination of numerous troubled financial institutions and of the information technology operations of three other banks.

Jegher, based in Montreal, Canada, is a senior analyst within Celent's banking group. His research focuses on emerging technologies and business strategies in retail and wholesale banking. His areas of expertise include online banking (retail, small business, and corporate cash management), social media, IT security, and customer relationship management and strategy. He is the primary author of Celent's annual global IT spending report, as well as the banking CIO survey and model bank report.

Celent is an international research and consulting firm focused on the application of information technology in the global financial services industry.

In an exclusive interview, Rhulen discusses:

Rhulen is Chairman and CEO of Firestorm Solutions, a BCP and disaster recovery consulting firm based in Denver, CO. He is also co-author of the book "Disaster Ready People For A Disaster Ready America." Two additional books will be published this year on pandemic planning: "The Pandemic Scam -Why Plan?" and "Luck is Not a Strategic Plan."

Listen to this podcast as Saunders describes:

Saunders is the Managing Attorney of the National Consumer Law Center's Washington, DC, office, where she handles legislative, administrative and other advocacy efforts in the financial services area. She previously directed the Federal Rights Project of the National Senior Citizens Law Center; was Deputy Director of Litigation at Bet Tzedek Legal Services in Los Angeles; and was an associate at the public interest firm Hall & Phillips. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School where she was an Executive Editor of the Harvard Law Review, and holds a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and a B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, from Stanford University.

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