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3 Ways Your Credit Union Risk Assessment Can Help You Sleep

3 Ways Your Credit Union Risk Assessment Can Help You Sleep

by Robin Remines Today’s credit union leaders are faced with the growing complexity of securing their I.T infrastructure while strictly adhering to an exponentially growing body of regulations. We have clients ask us [...]

NCUA Risk Alert: Credit Union DDoS Attacks

by Robin Remines In disaster planning, we always teach that it’s not “IF”, it’s “WHEN” an event will occur and unless you are completely isolated from the internet, it makes sense for your [...]

How To Use A Credit Union Disaster Recovery Plan Template

by Robin Remines Credit unions are unique in that collaboration, not competition, drives their relationships with their peers. Sharing best practices and lessons learned allows credit unions to meet strategic goals while mitigating the risk [...]

3 Reasons To Partner With A Technology CUSO

3 Reasons To Partner With A Technology CUSO

by Robin Remines Remember back to your first interview? Sitting there stiffly in front of the recruiter, you worked methodically through the normal questions – where did you go to school? Where do you see yourself [...]

How Strong BCP Can Make Your Core Converstion Easier

by Royce Yeager It used to be said that core conversions (or “migrations” if you want to use a less adrenaline -producing word) were like open heart surgery. Only the best of the best were [...]

Top Smartphone DR Apps

Top Smartphone DR Apps

by Robin Remines There are apps for everything. Are you wondering what the best DR apps are? This post is for you. One of my favorite things to do while at a client site is [...]

5 Ways the Cloud Can Save You Money

5 Ways the Cloud Can Save You Money

by. Royce Yeager The Cloud, The Cloud, The Cloud. Wondering where the rubber meets the road? This post is for you. The cloud has many advantages. Primary of which is the fact that with the [...]

Are RFPs Good or Bad?

Are RFPs Good or Bad?

Many, many years ago as a Chief Technology Officer, I remember gloriously putting together multiple RFPs (request for proposal) on a variety of topics.  Each one was well intentioned and I worked hard thinking that [...]

5 Reasons Why Credit Unions in the Cloud is Awesome

5 Reasons Why Credit Unions in the Cloud is Awesome

by Royce Yeager Are you eyeing up Cloud as a replacement for your Credit Union IT configuration? This post is for you. 5. Stop Managing the Really Annoying Parts of IT Have you ever stayed [...]

What You Can Do Now to Reduce Your Technology Budget?

by Robin Remines Wondering how you can REDUCE your technology spend while improving your IT performance? This post is for you. Dear Chairman of the Board, I’d like to ask you to reduce my [...]

Best Kept Disaster Recovery Planning Secret

Best Kept Disaster Recovery Planning Secret

by Royce Yeager You ever watch “Let’s Make A Deal” and at the end of the show the contestant is struggling to select a door without knowing what is behind it? Some random person [...]