Dana Turner: Small Firms, Same Targets: Proactive Security for Community Institutions
Summary
Dana Turner, CISO of Union Bank and Trust, discusses maturing incident response for community financial institutions through "Cyber Tatanka," a cross-sector, non-competitive range exercise involving military and international partners. He emphasizes that small banks are critical infrastructure targets and must move beyond compliance checkboxes to actively test plans. Turner advises peers to maintain asset inventories, integrate managed service providers into decision-making, and conduct frequent exercises to build organizational muscle memory.
Topics discussed
Introduction: Incident response for community banks
Cyber Tatanka: Cross-sector range exercises
Threat landscape: Why small banks are targets
Guest background: From data to cybersecurity
Barriers to exercising incident response plans
AI and deepfakes in modern phishing attacks
Building an IR plan: Inventory and risk assessment
Involving executives and legal in response teams
Exercise frequency and managing outsourced security
Final advice: Aligning security with business goals
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