April 11, 2017
Cybersecurity experts tapped to provide insiders knowledge in Cybersecurity Guide 2017
BROOKFIELD, Wis. — The digital Cybersecurity Guide 2017 produced by OnCourse Learning Financial Services offers insider knowledge from various leading cybersecurity experts to help financial institutions.
“Cybersecurity awareness and training are absolutely vital to helping financial service providers fight cybercriminals,” said Jeff Kelly, vice president of Governance, Risk & Compliance for OnCourse Learning Financial Services. “This resource guide is a great tool for keeping your organization protected and your team vigilant.”
Cybersecurity topics
The guide serves as a resource, covering 18 relevant topics. Phishing scams, email fraud, data protection, vendor management and cybersecurity training topics are explored. Among the articles included in the guide are the following topics:
- Potential threats to the U.S. financial system posed by foreign nation states, terrorist groups and other bad actors
- Prevent cyberattacks: How to be proactive to stay ahead of cybercriminals
- Preparation is better than remediation when it comes to cybersecurity
- Phishing for trouble: Hackers use phishing emails to steal data, penetrate networks
- Proposed new cybersecurity regulations at the state and federal level.
Cybersecurity experts
“We know readers, from frontline employees to manager and compliance officers, will find the Cybersecurity Guide 2017 beneficial, and the insight provided by cybersecurity experts valuable,” Kelly said.
Just some of the experts featured in the guide are:
- Elliot Berman, principal for Bowtie Advisors, a strategic and regulatory advisory firm, examined email fraud and cybercrime and ways to identify potential red flags.
- Tim Young, director of IT and cloud solutions for OnCourse Learning, discussed in a Q&A some of the major cyberthreats facing financial institutions and ways to prevent cyberattacks
- Two legal experts who reviewed some of the top cyberthreats facing financial institutions in a webinar.
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