User Awareness Program

New E-mail Claiming to Be From the FDIC

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has received numerous reports of another fraudulent e-mail that has the appearance of being sent from the FDIC. The subject line of the e-mails state: you need to check your Bank Deposit Insurance Coverage. The e-mail tells r...

When to stop using your computer!

Note: The following is a “Vigilize Post.” If you want regular fodder for your security awareness reminders, along with catchy subject lines if you intend to use e-mail, consider following us on www.twitter.com/vigilize! Each week we tweet a post that you are welcome to custo...

E-mail Claiming to Be From the FDIC

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has received numerous reports of a fraudulent e-mail that has the appearance of being sent from the FDIC. The subject line of the e-mails state: “Just for your time.” The e-mail tells recipients that, “The F...

Expect no privacy!

Note:  The following is a “Vigilize Post.”  If you want regular fodder for your security awareness reminders, along with catchy subject lines if you intend to use e-mail, consider following us on www.twitter.com/vigilize!  Each week we tweet a post that you are welcome to cu...

Check your stuff!

Note:  The following is a “Vigilize Post.”  If you want regular fodder for your security awareness reminders, along with catchy subject lines if you intend to use e-mail, consider following us on www.twitter.com/vigilize!  Each week we tweet a post that you are welcome to cu...

Management Talking Points for Mobile Banking

Consider forwarding this to your management team! As promised, I’m posting material that some of you already have (if you attended the Mega Conference). Because most smaller community-based banks are slow to adopt Mobile Banking, the following talking points could be share...

Protected: FFIEC Education Requirements!

Upon completion of the IBA Workshop, infotex grants attendees permission to use these boilerplates and will turn over copyright of the resulting documents to your financial institution. By using any of the boilerplates, you signify agreement to the terms and conditions as co...

Mass Marketing Fraud: Old Scams, New Wineskins

A few decades ago, mass marketing fraud—the kind that exploits mass communication techniques like bulk mail or telemarketing—was relatively low-tech and mostly a regional crime problem targeting victims nearby. These days, it’s a different story. Thanks to the Internet, cri...

Management Talking Points for Social Media

Consider forwarding this to your Management Team! Since I’m on vacation, I’m posting material that some of you already have (if you attended the Mega Conference).   Because smaller, community-based banks are slow to adopt social media, the following talking point...

Clocks, Mobile Banking, and Social Media

Well my Mega Talk went good according to all that have congratulated me on it.  Of course, when is the last time you went up to somebody and said “wow Dan, you were really off on that talk!”  Imagine going up to a speaker and saying something like, “you’ve done b...