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CU InfoSecurity Conference 2015 in Las Vegas

The Credit Union InfoSecurity Conference, the original and premier conference dedicated solely to credit union security, is holding its next summit on June 3-5, 2015 at the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino in the heart of Fremont Street in Las Vegas.

Register for the event

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The conference, which features industry leaders in their respective fields sharing their firsthand knowledge and practical advice on securing credit unions, is an incredible opportunity to gain new insight, network with credit union peers, and browse the Security Vendor Reception.

Possible topics to be covered at the upcoming summit include ransomware, active defense, cloud security, data encryption, breach prevention, pervasive security, device configuration, social media compliance, virtual branch security, virtual machine security, account takeover prevention, network security strategies, and cyber security intelligence.

If you are interested in attending the event, be sure to register here (https://www.cunews.com/infosecurity-conference.html).

Data Breaches Affect Credit Unions More Compared to Large Banks

The breach of data at retailers like Staples, Target and Home Depot have a crippling effect on the member services of the credit unions, namely as the expense of ensuring the privacy of customers post breaches is the responsibility of non-profit financial institutions. As one example, the Desert School Credit Union, in 2013, was forced to reissue about 40,000 credit and ATM cards after a data breach.

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CUNA, which claims to represent almost 90 percent of total US credit unions numbering almost 6,700, has plans to push the issue to the Congress and also seek the legislation to protect the values of members. The Dodd-Frank legislation also impacts the credit unions.

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CU InfoSecurity Conference 2013 in Las Vegas

The Credit Union InfoSecurity Conference, the original and premier conference dedicated solely to credit union security, is holding its next summit on June 5-7, 2013 at the Platinum Hotel and Spa in Las Vegas.

Register for the event

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The conference, which features industry leaders in their respective fields sharing their firsthand knowledge and practical advice on securing credit unions, is an incredible opportunity to gain new insight, network with credit union peers, and browse the Security Vendor Reception.

Possible topics to be covered at the upcoming summit include mobile security, data forensics, insider threats, incident response, social engineering, secure cloud storage, virtual desktop security, and fighting banking fraud.

If you are interested in attending the event, be sure to register here (https://www.cunews.com/infosecurity-conference.html).

Technology change agents make e-discovery better or worse

Change agents in technology, including social networking, cloud computing, and bringing your own devices to work, are changing how we do business and communicate, and impacts how organizations need to approach e-discovery.

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With so much data and so many different data sources and destinations to keep track of, companies are struggling to keep up with security, forensics, and e-discovery.

Proper e-discovery is driven by proper forensics, which is fed by proper security management. These three functional turfs are converging at breakneck speed, and vendor offerings are starting to merge.

Read the full article to learn what the merging of these three trends means for your credit union.

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