Ahh, disaster recovery. For credit unions, it’s a must. Why? Well, imagine what would happen if lightning struck half your branches. What would you do? Okay, maybe that’s not the best example. Lightning [...]
Microsoft’s Office 365 provides unparalleled productivity for private users, students, and businesses alike. However, because it’s a relatively new product, some are reluctant to adopt it. Here are a few benefits of moving [...]
There are so many credit union business issues solved by moving to the cloud. First, it’s highly scalable. Second, it makes software updates easier. Third, it really helps with disaster recovery. Fourth? It sounds [...]
Even though it’s been around for quite a while, cloud computing still suffers from a few common misconceptions. There are three myths in particular that need to be debunked. Moving to the cloud, for [...]
Getting ready for things isn’t always easy. Honestly, some mornings I lie awake in bed and sigh audibly for 20 minutes just because I don’t want to get ready for work. Nevertheless, I [...]
Cloud computing has changed the way people, businesses, and financial institutions share and store data. However, because it’s a decentralized, internet-based data storage strategy, it raises some security concerns. In this article, we’ll [...]
Each day, thousands of credit union members generate critical personal financial data. They swipe their debit cards for coffee in the morning, pull money from an ATM in the afternoon, and manage their accounts in [...]
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) is an integral facet of your credit union’s IT department’s responsibilities. Your IT staff may have some SIEM capabilities of their own, but might you be better [...]
An exhaustive list of threats to your credit union’s network would take quite a lot of time, energy, and text space. Fortunately, we’ve come up with a format that’s a lot more [...]
Building credit union disaster recovery plans isn’t the easiest thing in the world. There are numerous difficult logistical problems to address, and they’re all important. We’ll try to distill some of the [...]
Wow. What a year! The credit union and FinTech worlds are frothy and lots of change is underway. This year, some of the walls came down and credit unions saw more of the real world. [...]
While it’s not an actual law in a legal or scientific sense, we’ve always been a fan of Murphy’s Law. It states that if something can go wrong, it will. Unfortunately for [...]
If you’ve been eyeing that shiny new Office 365 productivity suite, we totally get it. It boasts all the fancy features we love these days, such as simplified licensing, cost savings, and a cloud-based [...]
Microsoft’s Office 365 provides unparalleled productivity for private users, students, and businesses alike. However, because it’s a relatively new product, some are reluctant to adopt it. Here are a few benefits of moving [...]
Recently, I had the pleasure of co-facilitating a Digital Incident Response Joint Exercise hosted by Ongoing Operations and TruShield. Cybersecurity workshops for credit unions have become more important than ever. Bob Miles, Managing Director of [...]
