Risk
04/17/2018

Climbing Up the Cybersecurity Ladder

Financial institutions with more mature cybersecurity programs—those on the intermediate level of cybersecurity governance outlined by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council’s Cybersecurity Assessment Tool—demonstrate more knowledge as a board about the issue. So, it’s disheartening to find that a significant portion of the respondents to Bank Director’s 2018 Risk Survey indicate uncertainty about aspects of their bank’s cybersecurity initiatives. “Everybody loses a little sleep over the potential of some sort of cyber issue,” says Stewart Slack, a director at $1.3 billion asset Business First Bank, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. And with good cause. Protecting the bank from a potential…

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WRITTEN BY

Emily McCormick

Vice President of Editorial & Research

Emily McCormick is Vice President of Editorial & Research for Bank Director. Emily oversees research projects, from in-depth reports to Bank Director’s annual surveys on M&A, risk, compensation, governance and technology. She also manages content for the Bank Services Program, including Bank Director’s Online Training Series. In addition to speaking and moderating discussions at Bank Director’s in-person and virtual events, Emily writes and edits for Bank Director magazine, BankDirector.com and Bank Director’s weekly newsletter, The Slant. She started her career in the circulation department at the Knoxville News-Sentinel and graduated summa cum laude from The University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and International Business.