Credit Union Information Security Podcast

And according to the latest Unisys Security Index, Americans are getting much smarter - and more demanding - about the basic information security they expect from government and businesses.

In an exclusive interview, Pearl discusses:

Pearl's Enterprise Security Solutions Management Group has worldwide responsibility for defining and managing the company's Fraud, Risk Management and Enterprise Security services offerings for the financial industry. Unisys provides Security Business Operations services and solutions to financial services clients in over 40 countries.

"It's one of the most generous scholarships I've ever seen," says Victor Piotrowski, Lead Program Director of SFS for the National Science Foundation.

In an exclusive interview, Piotrowski discusses:

Before joining NSF, Piotrowski served as a Professor and Chair of the Computer Science Department at the University of Wisconsin. He previously held faculty positions at the North Dakota State University and at the Institute of Informatics in Poland. He has a 10-year experience in research, teaching and consulting in Information Assurance (IA) and holds several IA certifications including Certified Information Systems Security Professional and SANS Institute GIAC Incident Handler. He also serves on the SANS GIAC advisory board.

"We have to be leaders who serve - not self-serving leaders," Cummings says.

In an exclusive interview, Cummings discusses:

Cummings was appointed President and CEO of Investors Savings Bank on Jan. 1, 2008. He was also appointed to the Board of Directors at that time. Prior to that, he was the bank's executive vice president and COO from July 2003. Before joining Investors Savings Bank, he had a 26-year career with KPMG LLP.

Investors Savings Bank is an Independent, full-service community bank with more than $6.4 billion in assets, operating over 50 branches across NJ.

In an exclusive interview, Peter Kosmala, assistant director of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), discusses:

Kosmala oversees product management for the IAPP with specific oversight of distance learning products, privacy certifications and industry awards programs. He also manages business development efforts between the IAPP and peer organizations in the information security, information auditing and legal compliance arenas as well as organizations based in the Asia-Pacific region.

The IAPP, based in York, Maine, was founded in 2000 with a mission to define, promote and improve the privacy profession globally.

In this Emerging Technologies Insights panel, we hear from:

In this 30-minute panel discussion, the panelists discuss successful virtualization strategies for banking institution, offering unique perspectives from the practitioner's vendor's and market researcher's points of view. They also tackle a series of questions on endpoint virtualization, including:

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Data privacy legislation -- the trend started in California and is being discussed heatedly in Massachusetts today. Data breach notification and privacy laws have now been enacted in 40 separate states, and government observers think we're close to seeing federal legislation proposed.

In an exclusive interview, Randy Sabett, a noted privacy/information security attorney, discusses:

Randy V. Sabett, CISSP, is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, where he is a member of the Internet, Communications & Data Protection Practice. He counsels clients on information security, privacy, IT licensing, and patents, dealing with such issues as Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), digital and electronic signatures, federated identity, HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, Sarbanes-Oxley, state and federal information security and privacy laws, identity theft and security breaches. He served as a Commissioner for the Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency.

And so it begins. With Treasury Secretary Geithner's appearance before Congress, requesting greater authority over non-banking institutions, the Obama Administration is starting to flex its muscles in preparation for a complete re-shaping of financial services regulation.

In an exclusive interview, Jim Eckenrode, Banking Executive at TowerGroup, discusses:

Jim Eckenrode is the Banking & Payments Research Executive at TowerGroup. He focuses his research and advisory activities on the major trends and directions in the global banking industry and, through that research, provides guidance and advice to senior-level banking and technology executives.

TowerGroup, a wholly owned subsidiary of MasterCard Worldwide, is the leading research and advisory services firm focused exclusively on the global financial services industry.

In an exclusive interview, Vinella discusses:

Peter U. Vinella is a managing director in LECG's Emeryville office and has more than 20 years of experience in the financial industry. He has worked with the US Congress and GAO on a variety of issues including TARP/ESSA, program trading, derivatives regulations and the impact of September 11th on the US financial system.

LECG, a global expert services and consulting firm, provides independent expert testimony, original authoritative studies and strategic advisory and financial advisory services to clients including Fortune Global 500 corporations, major law firms, and local, state, and federal governments and agencies worldwide.

In an exclusive interview, John Jay of Aite Group discusses:

Jay is a senior analyst at Aite Group, LLC. He specializes in fixed-income-structured products and technological applications involved in the structured products space.

Aite Group is a leading independent research and advisory firm focused on business, technology and regulatory issues and their impact on the financial services industry.

Perimeter eSecurity recently conducted a study of financial institution data breaches. Kevin Prince, Chief Architect of Perimeter eSecurity, discusses that study, offering insights on:

A well known expert in the security industry, Prince regularly trains Federal Examiners at the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) and the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) on such topics as firewall security, remote access, virtual private networks, intrusion detection and prevention systems, and on what the examiners should look for when they examine a financial institution.