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Alyssa Pugh Published Date: Jan 04, 2022 Vendor Management, Risk Assessments, Policy Management, Credit Unions, Security and Compliance, Financial Institutions, Phishing, Banks

What is Multifactor Authentication?

In a world increasingly affected by cyber-attacks (e.g., account takeover, compromised credentials, ransomware, etc.), multifactor authentication…

Alyssa Pugh Published Date: Dec 08, 2021 Credit Unions, Incident Management, Financial Institutions, Banks

5 Benefits of an Incident Tracking System

In January 2021, we asked a group of 175 financial institution cybersecurity professionals if their organization had a formal incident tracking…

Alyssa Pugh Published Date: Nov 23, 2021 Risk Assessments, Policy Management, Credit Unions, Audit Management, Financial Institutions, Banks

What is an IT Audit Risk Assessment?

At Tandem, we occasionally receive questions from our clients on the topic of an "IT audit risk assessment," most often in reference to an…

Leticia Saiid Published Date: Oct 06, 2021 Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Credit Unions, Security and Compliance

How InTREx-CU Will Affect Your 2022 NCUA Exam

In January 2021, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) published their 2021 Supervisory Priorities which stated, "The agency has…

Russ Horn Published Date: Sep 09, 2020 Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Credit Unions, Financial Institutions

ACET vs. InTREx-CU: Expected Changes in the NCUA Exam Process

STOP! READ THIS FIRST! This article contains outdated information regarding what to expect in future exams. Please refer to our new article How…

Russ Horn Published Date: Oct 26, 2019 Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Credit Unions, Security and Compliance, Financial Institutions

NCUA Developing Multi-Year Plan to Combat Cyberthreats

At the ninth National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) open Board meeting for 2019, the Office of Examination and Insurance and the special advisor…

Russ Horn Published Date: Aug 22, 2019 Identity Theft Prevention Program, Credit Unions, Security and Compliance, Financial Institutions

NCUA Alerts Credit Unions about Business Email Compromise Fraud

This month, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) issued a Risk Alert (19-RISK-01) describing the increasing frequency of and losses…

Russ Horn Published Date: Oct 19, 2018 Credit Unions, Security and Compliance, Financial Institutions

NCUA Automated Cybersecurity Examination Tool (ACET) Frequently Asked Questions

If you are a credit union, you should expect to see the ACET during your next IT examination. The NCUA began piloting this new examination tool in…

Russ Horn Published Date: Sep 29, 2018 Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Credit Unions, Security and Compliance, Financial Institutions

How is the NCUA ACET different from the FFIEC CAT?

In 2018, the NCUA began piloting the use of the Automated Cybersecurity Examination Tool (ACET) based on the FFIEC's Cybersecurity Assessment Tool…

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