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All About the User Experience

One part of our consulting business is that we help banks in choosing a new core provider and as part of the process we go through a standard ‘needs analysis’. What surprises me ...
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Multi-Factor Authentication Options

Dual authentication (Multi-Factor Authentication) are increased authentication measures required by the FFIEC that will require Internet banking users to log-in with multiple ...
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Avian Flu...Why Plan? (Part III)

TGG has discussed the Avian Flu on several previous blogs. This is the third article in a series of ideas to consider when planning a Business Continuity Plan that includes the ...
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IDS/IPS: Too Many Holes?

The “P” in IPS stands for prevention, but these days it seems more like “porous,” users and experts say. Intrusion detection systems (IDS) and intrusion prevention systems (IPS), ...
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Auditor | A Dirty Word

When the word ‘audit’ or ‘auditor’ is used in a sentence there is often an immediate cringing effect that happens in our minds. People have learned to fear the audit and as such, ...
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Policies, Procedures, and Starbucks

What is a policy? What is a procedure? To many this can be a deceptively confusing topic. What is the difference between the two? Where do you draw the line? These are strangely ...
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