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FDIC Sues Bank Directors (again)
On June 19, 2009 Cooperative Bank in Wilmington, NC was closed by the North Carolina Commissioner of Banks and the FDIC. Federal banking regulators are now suing Cooperative Bank’s chairman and eight members of the board of directors for more than $145 million for negligence and breaches of fiduciary duty. One of the FDIC’s assertions…
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The current single biggest security threat to financial institutions – UPDATE
(UPDATE – Hord Tipton, executive director of (ISC)2, posted recently on the biggest data breaches of the past year. His analysis confirms that ” …humans are still at the heart of great security successes – and, unfortunately, great security breaches…The lesson we learn from this year’s breaches is that most of them were avoidable –…
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Online Transactions – Defining “Normal”
I’ve gotten several inquiries about this since I last posted so I thought I’d better address it. The new FFIEC authentication guidance requires you to conduct periodic risk assessments, and to apply layered controls appropriate to the level of risk. Transactions like ACH origination and interbank transfers involve a generally higher level of risk to…
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Risk Assessing Internet Banking – Two Different Approaches
One of the big “must do” take-aways from the updated FFIEC Authentication Guidance was the requirement for all institutions to conduct risk assessments. Not just prior to implementing electronic banking services, but periodically throughout the relationship if certain factors change, such as: changes in the internal and external threat environment, including those discussed in the…
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Examination Experience Survey – preliminary results
Although the survey is still open, I wanted to discuss one particular trend that I find interesting. (If you’ve already participated, thank you! Please pass the link on to a colleague at another institution. If you haven’t had a chance to fill it out, please do so. The survey will remain open until 8/19). One…
