How has social engineering evolved over the past decade? What are some of the latest tactics that attackers are using, and why have they been so effective? How can you train your team to better defend your credit union? These are all important questions, which is why we will be covering all of them and many more during this week’s episode of Financial Minds: Meet the Experts podcast!

Jaime is sitting down with Mike Bechtel, information security engineer at Vizo Financial, to talk about the progression of social engineering in recent years, which has led to the sophisticated and varied scams we are seeing today. With all of this in mind, they’ll explore the proactive and precautionary measures that credit unions can take to protect against these threats.

Join Jaime and Mike as they dig into these important issues and more:

• New tactics attackers are using
• Psychological triggers that attackers commonly use
• How AI has changed the social engineering landscape
• How to create a culture of security within your credit union

Start learning the ways you can strengthen your defenses against social engineering today - grab your headphones and hit play!

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With sophisticated advancements in tech, it’s crucial for credit unions to stay current on the threats that come with them. But with information overload, how can you filter through the noise? By listening to this week’s Financial Minds: Meet the Experts podcast episode, of course!

Jaime sat down with Shyam Menon, director of fraud at DefenseStorm, this week to talk about synthetic identity fraud, deepfake attacks and AI-driven crime. There’s certainly a lot to cover on this important topic!

Listen to their conversation to learn about:

• Example cases of synthetic identity fraud we’re seeing in the real world
• Current AI and ML detection and prevention strategies for identifying deepfake-based fraud
• Ways that consumers and businesses can spot the warning signs of synthetic identity fraud
• How organizations can work proactively to build fraud-resistant systems
• The role of the government and prevention laws they’ve put in place
• Emerging technologies and strategies for combatting synthetic identity fraud

Grab your device to stay ahead of emerging risks and click play now!

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DefenseStorm: https://defensestorm.com/

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As we look ahead to the future of the financial sector, it’s clear that risk management and security best practices aren’t going anywhere. In fact, they are more imperative to the success of credit unions than ever before.

This week on the Financial Minds: Meet the Experts podcast, Jaime speaks with John Cuneo, SVP/chief risk officer at Vizo Financial, about the ways that your financial institution can be better prepared for emerging threats and how to stay informed of the current risk landscape.

They’ll explore these topics:

• Most pressing risks that credit unions are currently facing
• How credit unions should approach cybersecurity risks
• The impact of recent regulatory changes on credit union risk management practices
• Key risk management strategies that credit unions can implement
• How credit unions can manage risk when adopting digital banking services
• Ways that credit unions can better educate their members about risk

Prepare to learn a LOT about risk and security, then click play to hear this week’s episode!

Connect with us:

Vizo Financial: www.vfccu.org

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vizo-financial/

Instagram: @vizofinancial