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DefenseStorm serves US regional banks and credit unions exclusively. Our GRID Active platform unifies MDR, risk and governance. #builtforbanking

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We're excited for our final Resilience Roadshow stop of the year tomorrow in Charlotte! Join us from 12–5 PM. We can't wait to meet our amazing customers and share what we've been building for banks and credit unions.

#BuiltForBanking #cybersecurity #banking #creditunions

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We are excited to be heading to Denver for GoWest MAXX 2026! Oct 6–9, Gaylord Rockies. Find our booth if you want to talk about cybersecurity that's actually built for banking — not retrofitted from generic MDR. Contact us to grab time before the show - https://t.co/giWON1OOf0

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We're excited for our second stop of our Resilience Roadshow tour tomorrow in New York! Join us from 12–5 PM — we can't wait to see our amazing customers and talk about what's next in FI cyber resilience.

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Happy Labor Day from all of us at DefenseStorm. Our offices are closed today, September 7th. Our Security Operations team is proactively monitoring threats 24x7x365. Your security remains our top priority - today and every day.

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Wishing a happy Fourth of July to the community banks and credit unions we're proud to serve - and to the teams behind them who work hard every day to protect their members and communities.
Enjoy the weekend!
— The DefenseStorm team

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Every insider incident we saw in 1H2026 involved privilege misuse. In 1, data was exfiltrated over Zoom. Email DLP didn't catch it. USB restrictions didn't catch it. Screen sharing isn't in most DLP programs. A passing access review ≠ right-sized access. https://t.co/HCuEv5Kym3

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Vendor email compromise now drives 60%+. Sender reputation checks pass — the email is from a real account at a real vendor.
If your cyber and fraud teams escalate to different inboxes, the attacker wins the timing race.
https://t.co/r2IFKmHfxQ

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In April, our team caught a ClickFix variant. Zero AV engines flagged the malicious files.

The user pastes a command. No attachment. No link. No vulnerability.

At a bank, the next hop is the wire room.

H1 2026 threat report: https://t.co/r2IFKmHfxQ

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If your exam-readiness plan is “we’ll pull that report when they ask”… that’s the risk.

This blog breaks down the 2026 cyber priorities examiners are zeroing in on — and how to prep now. https://t.co/7MW330ytUo

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AI social engineering is #1 cyber concern for FIs. Voice cloning takes 3 seconds. Some attacks will succeed.

Can your SOC spot downstream access anomalies before material impact?

Banking baselines beat generic signatures. https://t.co/OmVIXto9xE

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If your bank’s exam readiness plan is “we’ll pull it together when they ask,” that’s a risk.

This breaks down the cyber priorities bank examiners are pressing on in 2026—and what to have ready now.

Read → https://t.co/3zDrYeFSCH

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2026 exams: cyber findings won’t come from what you *say* you do — they’ll come from what you can *show.*

Here are the top areas examiners are pressing on (Cyber Edition) https://t.co/7MW330ytUo

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Bank exam prep in 2026 = show your cyber program works (not just that it exists).

Top examiner focus areas (Cyber Edition) https://t.co/3zDrYeFSCH

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For banks, 2026 exams will reward *evidence*—not intentions.

If you can’t quickly demonstrate cyber controls (and who’s accountable), you’ll feel it in the exam room.

Here’s what bank examiners are prioritizing (Cyber Edition) → https://t.co/3zDrYeFSCH

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Tomorrow in Hershey, PA — Joe Pfaff from DefenseStorm asks the question credit union security teams need to hear: Is your alerting still relevant?
Vizo Financial's InfoSec Networking Group | 1:15 PM #cybersecurity #creditunions

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This is exactly why community banks are moving to a Collaborative SOC model.

You extend your team with partners who already speak examiner language, not analysts who need to learn what a bank exam is. https://t.co/hodMg8M5Ks

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We are thrilled to be a silver sponsor at the Georgia Bankers Association Bank Security Conference next week in Jekyll Island. If you’re attending, we’d love to connect—say hello if you see us onsite or reach out to us to set up a quick chat. https://t.co/giWON1OOf0

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Your MDR vendor has never seen an FFIEC exam.

That should worry you more than it does.

Read more here - https://t.co/hodMg8M5Ks

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THREAT ALERT: GreenBlood is an emerging ransomware threat first appearing early this year, designed for rapid disruption and harder recovery.

Read the blog to learn more: https://t.co/ZJUDiwjVQZ

#cybersecurity #threatintel #cyberrisk #securityawareness

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New survey: 67% of bank customers would consider switching after a major data breach.
And 51% say security is the #1 factor when choosing where to bank.

ABA Banking Journal reports on the survey results here: https://t.co/UEPuRXERcR

#cybersecurity #cyberrisk #financialservices