Credit Union Information Security Podcast

Credit Union Information Security Podcast

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Credit Union Information Security Podcast episodes

  • How to Earn a Master's in Information Assurance: John Orlando, Norwich University
    It's become a cliché: Information security professionals need to get closer to the business.

    Now it's also a Master's degree program in which instructors base their whole curriculum on helping security professionals get closer to - and rise higher in the ranks of - their companies and agencies.

    In an exclusive interview, John Orlando, MSBC Program Director at Norwich University, talks about the school's Masters of Science in Information Assurance, discussing:

    What's unique about this program;
    Requirements for students entering the program;
    How the MSIA helps security professionals advance their careers.
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  • Incident Response: How BB&T Handles Client Notification
    Interview With Dick Langford, VP, BB&T

    What happens after a major security breach such as the Heartland Payment Systems hack? How do banking institutions go about notifying their customers - whose responsibility is it?

    At BB&T in Winston-Salem, NC, the role is filled by Dick Langford, Vice President and Manager, Information Security Compliance Management. In an exclusive interview, Langford discusses:

    How BB&T approaches client notification;
    Lessons learned from security breach response;
    The different ways the bank approaches customer awareness to meet all customers' needs.

    Langford has 19 years experience in information protection in the financial sector. Previously with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, he has managed elements of BB&T's information protection program since 1998. His current responsibility is directing a network of over 100 Information Security Compliance Managers representing each line of business, subsidiary, and affiliate company in BB&T Corporation, thereby ensuring compliance with federal and state information protection legislation and regulations.

    BB&T Corporation, headquartered in Winston-Salem, N.C. , is among the nation's top financial holding companies with $152 billion in assets. Its bank subsidiaries operate approximately 1,500 financial centers in the Carolinas, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Maryland, Tennessee, Florida, Alabama, Indiana and Washington, D.C.

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  • Regulatory Priorities for Credit Unions: Melinda Love, Director of the NCUA's Office of Examination and Insurance
    Melinda Love, a longtime leader in the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) has just been appointed the new Director of the NCUA's Office of Examination and Insurance. In an exclusive interview, Love discusses her new role and regulatory priorities for credit unions in 2009, offering insight on:

    Challenges and opportunities for credit unions in the current economy;
    2009 regulatory priorities, including risk management systems and vendor management;
    How credit unions are faring with the newly-enforced Identity Theft Red Flags Rule.

    A seasoned NCUA executive, Love has served as regional director of the NCUA's Region V office for 5 1/2 years, and she served as director of the former Chicago regional office. Love is a past NCUA deputy executive director and she has also served as deputy director within NCUA's Office of Examination and Insurance. Her NCUA career began in 1986 as an examiner in Northern California. She is a former principal examiner, problem case officer, supervision analyst, supervisory examiner and acting director of special actions. Love participated in NCUA's management development program in the early 1990s.

    Love holds a degree in accounting and an MBA from St. Mary's College. She is a certified internal auditor.

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  • Anatomy of a Data Breach Investigation: Alain Sheer, FTC Attorney
    The Heartland Payment Systems data breach is on everyone's mind, and the case is in the hands now of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) if it chooses to investigate. While the FTC will neither confirm nor deny a Heartland investigation, staff attorney Alain Sheer does offer his insight on:

    How the FTC investigates data breaches like Heartland's;
    The timeline and milestones of such an investigation;
    Details of the CardSystems data breach - which closely resembles Heartland's.
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  • Rebuilding the Economy: Alan Madian, Director, LECG
    The Obama Administration has stepped forward with its plan to rebuild the troubled U.S. financial system. And the market has responded by retreating. Where did the Administration go wrong with its announcement this week, and what does the economy truly need to start to rebuild liquidity and confidence? In this exclusive interview, economist Alan Madian shares insights on:

    The Obama Administration's missteps;
    What the banking industry needs to regain its strength;
    Economic signs to look for in the months ahead.

    Madian is an economist, management consultant and investment banker who currently serves as a director with LECG, a global expert services and consulting firm. He has provided services as an expert witness, policy advisor, strategy and implementation consultant, and financial advisor for more than 25 years. He has testified on damages and liability in commercial litigation, on the determination of regulated rates of return, and on contractual allocation of risk. Madian has conducted antitrust and market power analyses, testified in antitrust litigation, and served as an advisor to the United States Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust.

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  • Financial Rescue Plan: William Isaac, Former Chair, FDIC
    What does the Obama Administration's financial industry rescue plan offer that's different from the Bush Administration's approach? Not much, says William Isaac, former FDIC Chair (1981-85).

    In an exclusive interview, Isaac discusses:

    What the new plan means to the banking industry;
    The types of reform the industry really needs;
    How and why today's economic crisis differs from the Great Depression and other historic downturns.

    Isaac is chairman of the Secura Group, a leading financial institutions consulting firm, operating as a division of LECG. The Secura Group provides financial advisory services, strategic planning, regulatory counseling, risk-management services, strategic studies, and general management consulting for financial institutions. LECG, of which Isaac is a managing director, is one of the world's leading expert services firm with professionals serving Global Fortune 500 firms from offices around the world. Isaac also serves as chairman of various Isaac family real estate development companies. He writes for the American Banker and other publications and is a frequent speaker before banking groups. He is also a founding member of the American Bankers Council.

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  • What the Rescue Plans Means to Banks: Nancy Atkinson, Aite Group
    On Tues., Feb. 10, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled the Obama Administration's new strategy for easing the credit crunch and strengthening the U.S. banking industry. In an exclusive interview, Nancy Atkinson, senior analyst at Aite Group LLC, discusses:

    How the new plan differs from the Bush Administration's;
    What the Obama plan means to the banking industry;
    What we should expect to see for immediate changes - and how these changes may impact risk management and information security.

    Nancy Atkinson is a senior analyst at Aite Group, LLC, specializing in wholesale banking issues including wholesale payments, trade finance and financial supply chain and working capital management. Her recent research has focused on electronic check processing and clearing, innovation in accounts payables and receivables, and transitions in the global wholesale payments market. She has also examined opportunities to leverage procurement cards in corporate payables and the impact of health savings accounts on banks.

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  • 2009 Identity Fraud Report: James Van Dyke, Javelin Strategy & Research
    The number of identity fraud victims has increased 22 percent in the U.S., costing 9.9 million victims a total of $48 billion in 2008.

    This is the news from the fifth annual Identity Fraud Survey Report from Javelin Strategy & Research. In an exclusive interview, James Van Dyke, Javelin founder and President, discusses:

    Highlights - and surprises - from the study;
    What it all means to banking institutions;
    Trends for institutions and their consumers to watch for in 2009.
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  • Heartland Breach -- What it Means to Banking Institutions: James Van Dyke, Javelin Strategy & Research
    The Heartland Payment Systems data breach - it's the first major security incident of 2009. But how big is it really? What are the key takeaways for banking institutions left explaining this breach to their customers?

    In an exclusive interview, James Van Dyke, Founder and President of Javelin Strategy & Research, discusses the implications of the Heartland case, offering insight on:

    Conclusions we can draw from the Heartland breach;
    How banking institutions should communicate with their customers;
    Vulnerabilities we should watch to avoid the next big breach.

    Van Dyke is founder and president of Javelin Strategy & Research. Javelin is the leading provider of independent, quantitative and qualitative research for payments, multi-channel financial services, security and fraud initiatives. Javelin's clients include the largest financial institutions, card issuers and technology vendors in the industry.

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  • Security Education -- Meeting Business Needs: Dr. Peter Stephenson, Norwich University
    Higher education hasn't been immune to the ravages of the recession economy. Scholarships and tuition reimbursements are tougher for students to come by, and career opportunities have diminished.

    That said, job opportunities for information security students abound - in both the private and public sectors.

    In an exclusive interview, Dr. Peter Stephenson, CISO at Norwich University, discusses:

    His school's graduate and undergraduate security programs;
    How Norwich is preparing students for careers in information security;
    Ways that businesses and government agencies can collaborate with educational institutions to better prepare students for productive careers.

    Stephenson is a writer, consultant, researcher and lecturer on information assurance and risk, digital investigation and forensics on large-scale computer networks. He has lectured extensively on digital investigation and security and has written or contributed to 14 books and several hundred articles, in major national and international trade, technical and scientific publications. He is the Associate program director in the Master of Science in Information Assurance program at Norwich University and is a research professor at the National Center for the Study of Counter-Terrorism and Cyber Crime, also at Norwich.

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