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Savannah Richardson Published Date: May 19, 2026 Vendor Management, Credit Unions, Security and Compliance, Financial Institutions, Banks, Artificial Intelligence

Vibe Coding and AI Citizen Developers: Risk Management Tips for Banks and Credit Unions

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Alyssa Pugh Published Date: Aug 06, 2025 Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Credit Unions, Security and Compliance, Financial Institutions, Banks

Difference Between Risk Assessments and Cybersecurity Control Self-Assessments

"What is the difference between a risk assessment and a cybersecurity control self-assessment?"

Alyssa Pugh

Savannah Richardson Published Date: Oct 31, 2023 Vendor Management, Risk Assessments, Business Continuity Planning, Policy Management, Credit Unions, Security and Compliance, Incident Management, Financial Institutions, Phishing, Banks

Updated Ransomware Self-Assessment Tool (R-SAT 2.0)

On Tuesday, October 24, 2023, the state bank regulators (CSBS), Bankers' Electronic Crimes Task Force, and United States Secret Service published an…

Alyssa Pugh Published Date: Jun 08, 2023 Vendor Management, Risk Assessments, Banks

New Third-Party Risk Management Guidance: What Community Banks Need to Know

On June 6, 2023, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve (FRB), and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)…

Alyssa Pugh Published Date: Oct 10, 2022 Policy Management, Credit Unions, Security and Compliance, Financial Institutions, Banks

6 Tips for Writing an Effective Information Security Policy

If you asked a hundred Information Security Officers (ISOs) about their favorite part of the job, I would be willing to venture a guess that exactly…

Alyssa Pugh Published Date: Sep 23, 2022 Security and Compliance, Incident Management, Financial Institutions, Banks

How to Know if Your Bank Must Report a Cybersecurity Incident

Since the effective date for the incident notification rule for banks, we have received several questions asking about whether an incident would be…

Alyssa Pugh Published Date: Aug 29, 2022 Credit Unions, Incident Management, Financial Institutions, Banks

Your Financial Institution Incident Management Guidance Cheat Sheet

During the development of our Incident Management product, we spent a lot of time researching and reviewing guidance, so we could know exactly what…

Alyssa Pugh Published Date: Aug 16, 2022 Financial Institutions, Banks

FFIEC Rescinds the E-Banking Booklet

On May 13, 2022, the FFIEC published an entry to the IT Examination Handbook Infobase What's New page stating that they had rescinded the E-Banking…

Alyssa Pugh Published Date: Aug 01, 2022 Credit Unions, Financial Institutions, Banks

Difference Between Electronic Banking, Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, Open Banking, and Digital Banking

If you work in a financial institution, you may be familiar with using the terms "electronic banking," "internet banking," and "mobile banking"…

Alyssa Pugh Published Date: Jul 18, 2022 Credit Unions, Incident Management, Financial Institutions, Banks

Security Incident Management Training: What Employees Need to Know

Every member of your staff is responsible for doing their part to help secure the organization from incidents, but do they know that? Employee…

Alyssa Pugh Published Date: Jun 28, 2022 Credit Unions, Financial Institutions, Banks

An Overview of the FTC Safeguards Rule

On December 9, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published their revised Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information (16 CFR Part 314) in…

Alyssa Pugh Published Date: Apr 27, 2022 Risk Assessments, Credit Unions, Financial Institutions, Banks

What is a GLBA Risk Assessment?

In a recent Tandem "Ask Me Anything" webinar on risk assessments, one of the attendees asked, "What is a GLBA risk assessment?" This is a great…

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