CUInfoSecurity.com Podcast with Gigi Hyland of National Credit Union Administration

The latest podcast on CUInfoSecurity.com features frank talk from board member Gigi Hyland who shares her opinions on information security and risk management best practices for credit unions.

In a compelling interview with National Credit Union Administration board member Gigi Hyland, she shares what’s important to the NCUA in regard to information security at credit unions. Hyland, a NCUA board member since 2005, explains in this podcast why written information security policies are needed and shares her view of annual review of risk assessments at credit unions as well as her ideas on access controls and need for encryption.

Hyland, who prior to her NCUA board appointment spent 14 years in the credit union community, details in the interview why employees, front end to back end, need information security training; how a holistic view of information security at a credit union will help; and what it takes to manage third party services and why a due diligence review is stressed.

Hyland expresses NCUA’s view on external threats and how to best fight them, including phishing and other online scams. She also speaks to the importance of credit union board members’ charge to oversee their credit union’s information security program.

To read the entire transcript or listen to the podcast, go to:Gigi Hyland Podcast.