Latest Security - Policies Topics

Training: A How-ToEssential and Important

07/01/2001

There are many types of training that financial institutions are required to do. Some training is mandated by regulations, some by marketing, and some by good, old common sense.

Email Retention

06/04/2001

Can you give us some guidance on what our policies should be regarding retention of email, both sent and received? We have some employees who never delete anything, with the result that their email boxes crash occasionally. Lots of emails are just one sentence long and don’t really mean much. How do you decide what to keep and what to delete? Do you recommend printing out emails for retention purposes? Are there programs that allow you to search emails across a network?

Basic Security Requirements - The Written Security Program and Training

04/01/2001

The revised rules and regulations required by the Bank Protection Act have placed a greater responsibility on financial institutions, their boards of directors and their security officers/managers.

Current Scams

02/05/2001

What types of new scams are you seeing these days? Any we should be on the lookout for?

Key Elements of an Information Security Program

01/15/2001

What are the key elements of an information security program under the Guidelines?

This Week's Featured BOL Technology Guru QuestionMonitoring an Online Banking Web Site

01/02/2001

Can you refer me to anything that would assist me in knowing what should be performed for monitoring our online banking Web site? I've been through bank security seminars that cover non-technology security. Our external auditor was not able to assist us.