03/02/2025
We have hired on a facilities coordinator to help with the maintenance of our buildings. He lives very close by to our main office and we are hoping that he could eventually become an after-hours contact for the security system as well, but my boss feels as though she remembers there possibly being an issue with doing this. Would you be willing to share your thoughts on this with us?
03/02/2025
Cameras are a critical component of ATM and branch security to protect staff, customers, and ATMs.
03/02/2025
On September 2, 1969, the first Automated Teller Machine (ATM) - called the Docuteller - started doling out dollars at Chemical Bank (now Chase Bank) in Rockville Center, New York.
02/24/2025
Flooding the headlines and sending shockwaves through the cryptocurrency and financial sectors, prominent Cryptocurrency Exchange Bybit reported on Friday, February 21, 2025, that a hacker had gain
02/23/2025
Someone was telling us that a lot of businesses are now installing overdose kits (Narcan) in all their public locations and training staff on CPR, AED, OD, etc. I am not sure we want to do this yet. Have you been hearing about this also? Seems like a lot to ask of a staff member, but then again ODs do seem to be happening everywhere.
02/16/2025
One of the country's most prolific and well-known bank robbers, Willie Sutton – who coined the phrase "Because that's where the money is!" when asked why he robbed banks – pulled his first bank hei
02/09/2025
My task is to write a short paragraph into our security policy to state that when anyone, be it legal or law enforcement, request documentation from our institution, they are required to do so with a subpoena. I had understood in my 38 years of banking, that such a requirement was standard operating procedure, so not necessary to spell out in a policy. We deal with more than 20 communities with nearly just as many law enforcement agencies. Apparently, we have a "Barney Fife-type" gentleman from a police agency in one town who threatened a warrant when he was told that we require a subpoena.
Can you shed some light on this?
02/02/2025
There's a new twist on an old fraud targeting ATMs that was discussed at the 7th Annual SAPTA Skimming Working Group meeting held in Texas in November.
01/26/2025
Traditionally, security is a cost center. Has anyone ever measured the actual value of security Maybe it is not as big a cost center; maybe there is added value. I know I have always mentioned things like the dollar amount of counterfeit checks seized in the annual report, but I wondered if someone had some type of ROI calculation?
01/19/2025
We have an annual staff meeting where each dept head does a quick overview of trends and what is happening in the industry. We only get around 5 minutes to present. I would like to discuss Elder Fraud, since it has been in the forefront for a while now. Do you happen to have some bullet points that will be impactful in a short presentation. Any suggestions would be appreciated.