04/17/2016
Our computer penetration company compromised our financial institution by dressing like our local fire inspectors and taking an inspection tour of our branch. How do we detect those types of sneaky tactics by social engineers?
01/25/2016
We have a dummy camera over our outside employee entrance door. Doesn’t that provide safety?
09/27/2015
Do you have any ideas for all clear signals?
09/27/2015
We are an FDIC bank. If we change our Security Officer, do we need to send a formal notification to the FDIC? Our senior management seems to think we do, but I was unable to find anything that required that.
08/18/2014
I am a new security officer, and I have two questions for a BOL Guru.
1.Since I am new to this position, I would like to know what types of legal liability I might be facing. Management tells me I am covered by the bank's Directors and Officers liability policy. Can I be sued by accountholders or have monetary problems with the regulators?
2.Our new CEO has never worked for a financial institution; in fact, he comes from another industry entirely. He feels that we are just as safe as retail stores, so we don't need to do anything special for risk management or security except train annually and report to the board that the training has been done. Is he right?
02/04/2013
I participated in a recent seminar where BOL Guru Dana Turner was the presenter. He mentioned that there might be a conflict of interest if the bank's Security Officer was also a director. I am in that position and I have discussed this with the Board/Executive Committee and was told today that they had talked with our bonding company and were told this was not an issue. What is the rational for ensuring that our Security Officer should be an employee, rather than a director?
01/07/2013
08/06/2012
Acts of workplace violence that stem from violence domestic relationships seem to be more common than ever before. We employ about 150 people and I know of two employees that are in abusive relationships. One of these employee's husbands has threatened to kill her and everyone she works with if she ever leaves him. How can people stay in these relationships? I know so little about this issue and I'm the credit union's Security Officer.
01/30/2012
Our Security manager often doesn't get notified of a security event for days or weeks. By the time she gets information, the event is old news if she gets the news at all. How can we get information about security-related issues to our Security Manager in a timely way?
01/09/2012
Can you provide a list of required officer positions? Are these requirements listed in the regulations or are they simply suggestions? I'm trying to determine which officer positions are mandatory for compliance so I may pass this information on to Executive Management.