NAFCU Services Credit Union Podcasts

For credit unions, maintaining the most up-to-date online security is like playing a game of cat and mouse.  Every time one problem is solved, another one pops up.  This is no different in helping to protect members against crimes of identity theft. Historically, identity theft was limited to fraudulent credit access that is best detected by credit monitoring. But the crime has evolved. The increased availability of public information, combined with easy Internet access has left consumers vulnerable to far more devastating types of identity theft beyond credit card fraud, such as fraudulent employment and other applications.

In this podcast we interview Wayne Conte, executive vice president of sales for Affinion Group, NAFCU Services’ preferred partner in providing identity theft solutions to credit unions.  Conte is an expert in online security with over 20 years of management and finance experience.  He discusses the basics of identity theft, how it most often occurs, how it is changing, what trends are predicted for the future, as well as the current statistics on the prevalence of identity theft which has become the fastest growing crime in America.  Conte also explains valuable tips for both credit unions and credit union members in preventing, detecting, and resolving identity theft issues.

Wayne will also be speaking on this topic at the NAFCU Technology and Security Conference, February 23 – 26, 2009 in Las Vegas, NV.

Contact: Mr. Wayne Conte, Executive Vice President of Sales, Affinion Group; Email: wconte@affiniongroup.com; Web: www.affinion.com; Phone: 615-764-2537

Interviewer: David C. Frankil, President, NAFCU Services Corporation; Email: dfrankil@nafcu.org; Phone: 703 522-4770 x226

Show References: www.affinionsecuritycenter.com; www.nafcu.org/affinion; www.nafcu.org/technology

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Last year the NAFCU Technology and Security Conference featured an innovative “Hacker Challenge”, where attendees got to – legally – act as hackers for a day. The new and improved version will be at this year’s event, February 23 – 26 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  If you think you’re good at providing security for your credit union, now you finally have a chance to prove it!  Traditional hacker labs tend to be passive, showing, for example, compromised credit card information being traded live online, but what is even more useful is to show how the information was compromised in the first place. Once you understand how to play offense, you can take a superior approach to defense. You will learn about the latest evolving hacker tactics from Digital Defense’s Chief Compliance Officer and the company’s prime regulatory compliance resource, Tom DeSot.

In the podcast, we interview Tom to learn how the Second Extreme Hacker Challenge works and how it is more challenging and informative than last year’s. Following a background briefing, participants will begin competition running off of a local network to see who can penetrate the network the fastest. In essence, attendees will have a chance to step into the shoes of credit union hackers for a day. In addition to bragging rights, there will also be prizes for the top competitors.

Digital Defense delivers affordable network security to organizations of all sizes, serving more than 900 clients nationwide, 77% of which are credit unions, and is the preferred partner of NAFCU Services Corp. for information security including risk assessment, threat and security management.

Contact: Mr. Tom DeSot tom.desot@ddifrontline.com; Web: www.ddifrontline.com, Phone: 888-273-1412.

Interviewer: David C. Frankil, President, NAFCU Services Corporation, 703 522-4770 x226, dfrankil@nafcu.org

Show References: www.ddifrontline.com; www.nafcu.org/digitaldefense; www.nafcu.org/technology

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