Cyber Security RESOURCES

With over $8.8 billion in assets, Space Coast Credit Union (SCCU), serves approximately 677,000 members across 67 branches. Prior to their partnership with DefenseStorm, SCCU’s cyber risk management program relied on multiple network monitoring tools, not entirely integrated, which posed challenges in threat detection and reduced the efficiency of their data gathering processes.

Reliant Credit Union, with assets amounting to nearly $700M and a membership of 46,615, serves its community through ten offices and a committed team of 171 employees. As cybersecurity threats became more sophisticated, the credit union faced challenges in managing and mitigating risks effectively. Reliant recognized this urgent need and embarked on a transformative journey to enhance its ability to monitor, manage, and report on cyber events.

First Financial Bank, with assets totaling over $14 billion and a workforce of 1,415 employees across 83 offices, encountered significant challenges in managing, monitoring, and reporting on cyber risk. The bank needed an efficient, integrated solution to handle incident monitoring and response while strengthening its overall cyber risk management program.

First Financial Bank faced challenges due to inconsistent risk assessments and reporting. Governance and audit preparations were scattered across multiple spreadsheets, resulting in a lack of the quantitative data necessary for effective risk evaluation. Learn how DefenseStorm’s Governance and Risk modules streamlined First Financial’s audit preparation process and matured their cyber risk management program.

With over $4B in assets, Georgia’s Own Credit Union serves nearly 240,000 members across 37 offices. Georgia’s Own CU originally signed with DefenseStorm in 2021 and continues to work in partnership to maintain a robust cyber risk management program.

Peach State Bank and Trust has been a long-term, valued client of DefenseStorm since 2016, when the two companies first partnered. John Chapman, Information Security Officer at Peach State Bank and Trust sat with DefenseStorm during the 2023 Client Appreciation Event to discuss the importance of cybersecurity for their financial institution and the benefits of partnering with DefenseStorm.

A regional bank in the Midwest was functioning with two prime challenges. First, they had various different systems with which they managed risk – from risk assessments in one platform to managing network detection tools in another to different platforms for endpoint antivirus. The second issue and what motivated them to begin seeking another cyber risk management solution was that their current vendor for managed detection and response had lost the “personal touch” they desired.

Members Credit Union was operating without enough visibility into their systems and did not have the bandwidth to efficiently keep up with the everyday process of cybersecurity monitoring and management. With a goal to find a vendor to support their smaller internal cyber team, Members CU sought a partnership in cyber risk management that could not only assist in monitoring but also provide 24/7/365 support.

Listerhill Credit Union is guided by core values that include prioritization of safety and soundness in cybersecurity. Listerhill CU’s VP of Network Administration and Information Security Officer sat for an interview with DefenseStorm during the 2023 Client Appreciation Event to express their confidence in the ability to rely on a partner like DefenseStorm.

Prevail Bank was operating with a SIEM that was very restricted in its functionality, only receiving logs from a few of the bank’s servers. Additionally, the bank was looking for a cyber risk management solution with greater visibility and improved monitoring for more efficient incident response.

Our Community Credit Union was seeking a cyber risk management solution that would leverage DefenseStorm’s existing 24/7 monitoring and compliance tasks. The credit union also had an extremely short timeline to implement the tool to support its strategic initiatives.

In 2020, Pure IT deployed DefenseStorm to ensure optimal levels of security for Lone Star Credit Union through improved monitoring, detection, and prevention of cyber threats.

Pasadena Federal Credit Union was consistently disappointed in their previous IT vendors, so they began the daunting task of shopping around for a cyber risk management solution. The wanted a relationship- a partner, and DefenseStorm was the obvious choice for them. Within a few months of signing, a simple phone call from DefenseStorm proved a real return on investment in their new partnership.

First Bank Elk River made the switch to DefenseStorm because their previous cybersecurity provider failed to deliver reliable and streamlined reporting capabilities.

Community West CU was preparing for an examination that would elevate them to the next peer group. Faced with the challenges of having only two personnel managing their security, numerous disjointed systems, and impending reporting obligations, they recognized the need for a more efficient cybersecurity solution.

Before they met DefenseStorm, the credit union was operating with an in-house system network administrator and realized they were drastically under-resourced to host the kind of system required to manage their level of cyber risk.

BMTX and DefenseStorm partner to stop cyber fraud in its tracks. DefenseStorm’s CyberFraud product, powered by GRID, provided real results to thwart attacks on BMTX before they happened.

With a new line of business on the horizon – checking accounts with debit cards – Live Oak Bank determined it was time to get ahead of fraud and turned to DefenseStorm to implement our “built for banking” CyberFraud solution.

Axos bank was looking for a simple-to-learn, easy-to-use, multiple-purpose cybersecurity solution that employees trust to make them threat-ready. DefenseStorm checked all the boxes.

While reorganizing its network design, DEXSTA Federal Credit Union enlisted the help of pureIT Credit Union Services to assess the company’s security. As part of the assessment, pureIT recommended DefenseStorm to help DEXSTA further achieve its strategic goals and keep member data safe.

nCino talks with DefenseStorm about how joining forces has led to unprecedented insight and savings for the company. The company has a robust IT department, but they also wanted a strong cybersecurity partner to bolster their internal expertise.

In the wake of an attempted cyberattack, Village Bank realized the cybersecurity partner it has in DefenseStorm. Read how DefenseStorm thwarted the cyberattack and continues to help Village Bank meet compliance and security needs around the clock.

With 26 branches, Canvas Credit Union needed a partner that could enable and scale cybersecurity measures for all locations, as well as provide 24/7 support. In addition, Canvas also wanted a partner who could aggregate data and perform constant data analysis to detect anomalies and better protect consumers.

In preparation for upcoming cybersecurity regulations, Peach State Bank & Trust sought a robust cybersecurity partner that could provide heightened threat intelligence by monitoring the entire network – without time-consuming implementation.

In the wake of newly released FFIEC recommendations, Lusitania Savings Bank needed a cybersecurity partner that could bolster its efforts to thwart attacks while remaining cyber-compliant.

Citizen’s National Bank of Texas shares how DefenseStorm plays a crucial role in protecting their local customers. Being a community bank means business is also personal so cybersecurity is always a serious affair.