Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
550 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20429-9990
Financial Institution Letter
FIL-21-2014
April 25, 2014
Webinar on Senior Management's Role in Cybersecurity
Summary: The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council will host a free webinar entitled Executive
Leadership of Cybersecurity: What Today's CEO Needs to Know About the Threats They Don't See. The webinar is
scheduled for May 7, 2014, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., EDT.
Statement of Applicability to Institutions Under $1 Billion in Total Assets: This Financial Institution Letter applies
to all FDIC-supervised institutions.
Suggested Distribution:
FDIC-Supervised Banks
(Commercial and Savings)
Suggested Routing:
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Information Office
Chief Information Security Officer
Attachments:
None
Related Topics:
• 2014, Technology Alert: OpenSSL
"Heartbleed" Vulnerability (April 2014)
• FIL-11-2014, Distributed Denial of Service
(DDoS) Attacks (April 2014)
• FIL-10-2014, ATM and Card Authorization
Systems (April 2014)
Contact:
Marlene Roberts, Senior Specialist, Critical
Infrastructure Protection,
at marroberts@fdic.gov or (703) 254-0465.
Note:
FDIC Financial Institution Letters (FILs) may be
accessed from the FDIC's Web site
at http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2014/.
To receive FILs electronically, please
visit http://www.fdic.gov/about/subscriptions/fil.html.
Paper copies of FDIC financial institution letters
may be obtained through the FDIC's Public
Information Center, 3501 Fairfax Drive, E-1002,
Arlington, VA 22226 (1-877-275-3342 or 703-562-
2200).
Highlights:
• The webinar is designed to:
o Be a plain language presentation for senior
management of institutions on current cyber threats
and actions that can be taken to protect their
customers and institutions.
o Provide key takeaways to assist in promoting an
appropriate tone from senior management on topics
that include building a security culture, integrating
cybersecurity into the business units, and engaging
boards of directors.
o Highlight the importance of public/private
partnerships, such as the Financial Services
Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC).
• The webinar will also include a live question-and-answer
period with regulators.
• Participation by financial institution executive management is
strongly encouraged.
• Please register by no later than midnight CDT on May 6,
2014, at http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1596716/
Registration-Ask-the-Regulators-CCIWG-May-07-2014.
• Additional information will be provided upon registration.Inactive
550 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20429-9990
Financial Institution Letter
FIL-21-2014
April 25, 2014
Webinar on Senior Management's Role in Cybersecurity
Summary: The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council will host a free webinar entitled Executive
Leadership of Cybersecurity: What Today's CEO Needs to Know About the Threats They Don't See. The webinar is
scheduled for May 7, 2014, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., EDT.
Statement of Applicability to Institutions Under $1 Billion in Total Assets: This Financial Institution Letter applies
to all FDIC-supervised institutions.
Suggested Distribution:
FDIC-Supervised Banks
(Commercial and Savings)
Suggested Routing:
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Information Office
Chief Information Security Officer
Attachments:
None
Related Topics:
• 2014, Technology Alert: OpenSSL
"Heartbleed" Vulnerability (April 2014)
• FIL-11-2014, Distributed Denial of Service
(DDoS) Attacks (April 2014)
• FIL-10-2014, ATM and Card Authorization
Systems (April 2014)
Contact:
Marlene Roberts, Senior Specialist, Critical
Infrastructure Protection,
at marroberts@fdic.gov or (703) 254-0465.
Note:
FDIC Financial Institution Letters (FILs) may be
accessed from the FDIC's Web site
at http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2014/.
To receive FILs electronically, please
visit http://www.fdic.gov/about/subscriptions/fil.html.
Paper copies of FDIC financial institution letters
may be obtained through the FDIC's Public
Information Center, 3501 Fairfax Drive, E-1002,
Arlington, VA 22226 (1-877-275-3342 or 703-562-
2200).
Highlights:
• The webinar is designed to:
o Be a plain language presentation for senior
management of institutions on current cyber threats
and actions that can be taken to protect their
customers and institutions.
o Provide key takeaways to assist in promoting an
appropriate tone from senior management on topics
that include building a security culture, integrating
cybersecurity into the business units, and engaging
boards of directors.
o Highlight the importance of public/private
partnerships, such as the Financial Services
Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC).
• The webinar will also include a live question-and-answer
period with regulators.
• Participation by financial institution executive management is
strongly encouraged.
• Please register by no later than midnight CDT on May 6,
2014, at http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1596716/
Registration-Ask-the-Regulators-CCIWG-May-07-2014.
• Additional information will be provided upon registration.Inactive