GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.– CU*Answers presented a complimentary web-based educational course for credit unions on developing, implementing and testing their Incident Response Program, centered around a strong Incident Response Team (IRT).
“The first step in building your Incident Response Team is to take an inventory of the skills and experience you already have at the credit union and compare them to the required roles and responsibilities of a comprehensive team,” said Jim Lawrence, CBCP, Vice President of Business Continuity at CU*Answers. “Address the gaps by developing the skills internally and/or engaging the support of outside security consultants and vendors. To be effective, the IRT must be prepared for and respond to any incident that threatens an interruption of business operations or the security of information assets.”
During the webinar, CU*Answers said participants walked through the multiple stages of a response, relative to the credit union environment, to identify the skills required during each step, the roles and responsibilities of each IRT member, as well as the components that make up the Incident Response Plan.
As part of their commitment to their network of 200+ credit union clients, the CUSO said it provides professional education courses (classroom and web-based) and consulting services on topics relevant to the needs and current events of the industry.
Separately, CU*Answers said it has officially opened the nomination process for its 2018 annual stockholder election, which will occur on Wednesday, June 27th. The meeting will take place at the JW Marriott in Grand Rapids, Mich., in conjunction with their annual Leadership Conference.
Currently, the CUSO has 125 Stockowners that are eligible to participate in this year’s election. The Nominating Committee will accept nominations from owners for service on the CU*Answers Board of Directors until March 31, 2018. The nominating committee will present candidates to the board at least 60 days prior to the annual meeting. After the board meeting, a notice will be sent to all owner credit unions with a sample ballot to be used at the annual meeting.
For full details on the nomination process, please visit http://elections.cuanswers.com.