October 22, 2012 2:09 PM
Posted by: David Schneier
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risksA few years back when I first cut over to working somewhat exclusively with financial institutions I memorized an elevator speech that still somewhat defines who I am and what I do professionally. Part of the speech pointed out that my firm helped "banks and credit unions meet regulatory...
September 21, 2012 3:44 PM
Posted by: David Schneier
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technologyAbout a decade ago a family member chastised me for having an auto repair shop do my oil changes for me. She (yeah, you’re reading that right – “she”) pointed out how ridiculously easy it was to drain the old oil, replace it with the new stuff and check a wide variety of fluid levels,...
July 21, 2012 8:25 PM
Posted by: David Schneier
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vendor risk assessmentI was an unabashed fan of Sheila Bair and made no secret of that fact. She was a breath of fresh air in a line of work where everything is stale and always at least a little boring. Not that Martin Gruenberg is any less effective running the FDIC, he's just a whole lot less interesting to pay...
July 6, 2012 3:18 AM
Posted by: David Schneier
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vendor risk assessmentThere's a joke of sorts within my personal circle of family and friends regarding what it is that I do these days. Ask me and I'll tell you that I'm a regulatory compliance expert who advises financial institutions on how to comply with the myriad rules and regulations governing information...
April 29, 2012 7:43 PM
Posted by: David Schneier
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risksMy first encounter with an auditor was back in the mid-90's while working as an application project manager for a Fortune 100 company. The group responsible for change management was going through an audit of their process and one of the changes that was selected for review happened to belong to...
March 23, 2012 3:24 PM
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SOXIn early 2004 I co-authored my first Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls framework for a client. Just about the entire thing required manual testing that, if everything worked as planned would require a full-time resource to support. About thirty seconds after submitting the framework draft to the...
January 8, 2012 9:27 PM
Posted by: David Schneier
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risk assessmentI've been in the solutions selling business on and off for about a decade but exclusively so over these past four years. Up until becoming a partner in my current practice I pretty much was always only involved in helping sell the solution and usually implementing it before moving on. Seldom...
December 22, 2011 9:44 PM
Posted by: David Schneier
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risk assessmentLet me begin by sharing a story from the way back files. In the mid 80’s when I was first starting out in my career I was working as a junior programmer in Manhattan. Courtesy of playing on the corporate softball team I became acquainted with a fairly diverse group of...
November 18, 2011 12:22 PM
Posted by: David Schneier
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vendor risk ratingI don't think I'm due to post about vendor management again at least until January 2012 (I try to limit topics to twice a year) but I've had something kicking around my head for a few days now and it needs a proper vetting.
Does anyone know why vendor management is such a big issue for banking...
