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Worst Passwords of 2011

Nov. 18, 2011
By Brad Garland
Pro tip: choosing “password” as your online password is not a good idea. In fact, unless you’re hoping to be an easy target for hackers, it’s the worst password you can possibly ...
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Social Media Risk Tips

Nov. 15, 2011
By Brad Garland
Over the last couple of years we’ve spent quite a few reports harping on the need for financial institutions to develop a social media policy. We usually do this because of our ...
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Scheduling Your Time

Oct. 14, 2011
By Dan
It seems everything you do now centers around how much time you have to devote to the specific event. Most individuals struggle with allowing adequate time between family and ...
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Common Confusions in our Audit Scope

Sep. 6, 2011
By Heath
I think by now everyone knows that we review every booklet of the FFIEC guidelines, but sometimes there is some common confusion about where our audit scope checklist ends and ...
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New FFIEC E-Banking Guidance

Aug. 5, 2011
By Heath
Everyone's got an opinion on the new guidance that was a long time coming. If you haven't reviewed it yet, you can find it here. Overall, the guidance is vague (like usual) ...
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Auditing with Personality

Jul. 25, 2011
By Brad Garland
Auditing is often regarded as a drab, boring, analytical, spreadsheets kind of world. However, I have found that it is not nearly as black and white as some think. It's just as ...
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Communication - Proceed with Caution!

Jul. 7, 2011
By Dan
As technology becomes more a part of our lives, there are more and more ways to communicate with one another instantaneously. With family, friends and business partners all around ...
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Aggressive Social Engineering

Jun. 29, 2011
By Brad Garland
Constantly we hear about scheme after scheme that businesses and consumers are being hit with. It seems every time we figure out one...another one is already in full swing. It is ...
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