Management Awareness

T7: The Trend of Trends 2023

Top 7 Trend Articles of 2023. . .  . . . For ISOs of Small Financial Institutions. Welcome to our annual T7 article:  a list of our favorite trend articles from the past year.  Our intent: help you organize your thoughts as you work through your strategic planning proc...

What’s in Your Inbox?

(A Common Question) A question that’s best asked during an incident response tabletop test.Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . What is in your inbox?  It’s a question hackers will be answering, if...

OCC Releases New Vendor Management Guidance

. . . to ensure relationships are safe and sound. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has released the Final Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Relationships, aimed at helping financial institutions effectively manage risks associated when engaging with...

Did I Cheat?

– when I used ChatGPT to write last week’s DNL?Or am I using AI as a tool?Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . If you haven’t been following this blog, you may not have noticed that:I set a goal ...

R7: 2023’s Top Seven Technology Risks Video

R7: 2023’s Top Seven Technology Risks Webinar-Video What are the top seven risks your board should know about in 2023? Since 2006, Dan has been compiling a list of the “top seven risks small institutions are facing,” in preparation for his board presentations. This webin...

The Consequence of Unintended Consequences

Artificial intelligence carries risk, but so does organic ignorance … Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . At a recent conference, I noticed two camps emerging in the debate over artificial intelli...

I saw the news today, oh boy

about artificial intelligence . . . And who will protect us from it . . .  Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . Just watched some press on the the Senate hearings over regulating AI. The normal senator fa...

Mutiny! The Malicious Insider Threat Webinar Registration

Mutiny! The Malicious Insider Threat Webinar Registration A Webinar-Video It is often awkward to bring up the one attack vector most of us have not addressed. The malicious insider threat. Even if we can flaunt all statistics and claim that the likelihood of an insider at...

From a Napkin to the Future!

Questions from a decade ago . . . That rhyme! Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . So this article starts in my bedroom; cleaning out my closet. I finally decide that yes, I’m will never grow back into th...