Securing a digital, branch or network transformation
Ask the project owners these five questions before the team gets started.
As a follow-up to my Branch Network Transformation: 5 Questions For Credit Unions blog, I want to expand upon how credit unions should think about security during a digital, branch or network transformation. Since honesty is always the best policy, we suggest you pose the following five questions to the project owners or leads before launching a transformative effort.
- Is the credit union leadership aware of the security risks of this transformation/project?
Regardless of the size or scope of the project, an executive sponsor must be attached and made aware of the security risks associated with the undertaking. This provides the executive sponsor with the knowledge needed to convey risks to the rest of the leadership team as well as provide the project team with the air cover it will need to accomplish the project milestones.
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