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When a financial institution suffers a data breach, the cost go far beyond the initial investigation and cleanup. You’re looking at potential regulatory fines, legal costs, and a loss of trust that can take years to rebuild. Regulators like the NCUA and GDPR authorities expect you to have both preventative and responsive measures in place, Read More

Financial institutions are expected to keep running even when disaster strikes. Business continuity planning is about more than recovering quickly. It’s about proving you have the systems in place to protect your clients and meet regulations during disruptions. That means secure redundant backups, tested recovery plans and procedures that ensure data integrity. Regulators look for Read More

When regulators talk about compliance, they’re really talking about cybersecurity. For example, the NCUA requires written information security programs and incident response plans. GDPR goes further mandating data protection from the design stage, strict breach notification rules and clear limits on how personal data is used. Meeting these requirements isn’t about buying one piece of Read More

The biggest surprise to me through Wilma was the regulators. So I remember, you know, the regulators are tough, you know, and in this industry, because of the part of the core system and people have to get money, pay money and that stuff, I remember regulators walking into places. We are freaking out, right? Read More

So during Wilma, most of our clients were credit unions and, and I’ll bring up a couple of them. And it’s really amazing to see the power of a store, right? So you pull up the next morning and you look at the building and you look at the building and it’s really strange to Read More

What we do with our customer base and also recommend that you do the same thing, is do reciprocal agreements. You know what, if a storm blew through my area, where could I go to work? Right? So you look for a hotel, you look for a business that might be in your networking group Read More

It’s very difficult to be an expert in everything, right? So it, it literally takes a village anymore, even if it’s a simple little thing, it takes a village and even an expert from time to time needs another set of eyes on something because when you go down the road and you think this Read More

What to do with your old equipment. You don’t just want to throw away your old laptop or server or desktop. There’s valuable data on the hard drives inside. The best thing is to remove the hard drive and either store it or do a wipe on it. Now you can buy software that will Read More

Whenever somebody comes on board, right? We also want them to understand that they’re not in this by themselves. They have a team sitting next to them, right? So don’t be afraid to take on whatever that customer needs. And to be detailed, there’s, there’s nothing more important than detail and follow up and communication, Read More

Here’s some stats you need to know. The average lifespan for the equipment in your company looks like this. Two years for a laptop, three years for a desktop, and four years for a server. If any of your equipment has passed those dates, time to upgrade. If you need help, give us a call.