The Most Overlooked Aspect in Credit Union Security

There is one big, scary security hole in credit unions that most IT people pass over and I’ve never heard an auditor mention: domain registration and DNS hosting. Whoa, whoa, whoa, DNS sounds technical. And it is. But domain registration is very self explanatory. You’ve seen the GoDaddy commercials (or bought domains in a drunken stupor late at night) so you [...]

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Missed Social Media Opportunities

Credit unions have been clammoring to get involved with social media, many times without a cohesive strategy behind the action.  The Financial Brand ran an article about why social media doesn’t have any ROI a while back. The basic gist: have a reason to get into social media. Some companies have ample opportunity to get involved in social [...]

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My GAC 2010 Acceptance Speech

First off, I’d like to thank God, for without Him, nothing is possible. I’d like to thank my family, my wife, and my new son Mason, for being supportive of all of the long hours I had to put in over the week. I’d like to extend a very large thank you to CUNA for putting [...]

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The real use for Twitter in CU's (and Banks)

Screw banks and CU’s using Twitter.  It is over rated and doesn’t give you any ROI.  I don’t care if you are having a seminar on credit reports or a shred day.  Pilcher’s Twitter directory is fine and dandy and it does a great job demonstrating that nobody is using Twitter except to regurgigate tired [...]

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Twitter here I come

Shevlin finally pushed me over the edge. http://twitter.com/robwright

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