Secure Your Digital Wealth: Celebrating Cyber Security Month with Casey State Bank

Cyber Security Month is an excellent time to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity. Safeguarding yourself in our increasingly digital world is vital. Today, personal, professional, and financial activities include a digital aspect. At Casey State Bank, we take cyber security seriously and want to help you understand how to take actionable steps towards protecting yourself online. This blog post explores cyber security in banking, our commitment to protecting financial information, and consumer tips.

Cybersecurity in Banking

Cybersecurity in banking is a proactive approach to finding solutions for compliance, data encryption, network security, and threat monitoring. At Casey State Bank, we believe educating our customers is vital to cyber security. Precautions for protecting online financial activities and information include raising awareness, training employees and customers, and routine risk management assessments.

Banks must approach cybersecurity through technology and protocols for preventing and responding to cyber-attacks. The financial sector must stay vigilant, finding and addressing vulnerabilities. As a bank, we hold massive amounts of sensitive data and are trusted with our customers’ finances. We consider cybersecurity critical.

Casey State Bank: Dedicated to Cybersecurity

We are committed to protecting your financial information and helping you protect yourself. We offer ID Theftsmart to help you protect your identity online. ID TheftSmart is a monitoring service available to our customers to help monitor identity and credit activity online. Did you know, Consumers lost about $8.8 Billion to scams in 2022? Therefore, taking proactive steps to monitor your identity online can help protect your identity and financial accounts. 

As your trusted financial institution, we are dedicated to ensuring your financial data is secure with robust security protocols, regular risk assessments, advanced data encryption, and continuous monitoring. We aim to protect your online transactions and data from cyber-attacks. We perpetually explore, invest, and implement up-to-date cybersecurity technologies and techniques. 

Tips for Consumer Cybersecurity

Safeguarding yourself from online vulnerabilities is integral to preserving your financial well-being and personal privacy. As a consumer, learning about cybersecurity and how to protect yourself is a necessary part of everyday life in today’s digital age. 

Password Security

Reusing the same password for multiple accounts amplifies your identity theft or fraud risk. A password manager helps securely keep track of unique passwords for many different accounts. Using a password manager lets you create more secure, complex, unique passwords.

Email Security Settings

Everyone uses email—for everything. A surprising amount of sensitive information is sent via email, and that’s why it’s critical to secure your email data. Most email services like Google or Microsoft will offer options for encrypting your email messages. Learn more about encryption from your email service provider and take steps to protect your email data.

Multi-factor Authentication

It takes an extra minute, but adding multi-factor authentication can help protect online accounts. From banking to social media, most companies today offer two-factor authentication as a login option. If someone gets your login information, two-factor authentication prevents them from accessing your accounts.

Two-factor authentication is a second login step. After inputting your username and password, a secure one-time code is sent immediately via email or text. At that time, you will have a short time to use the unique authentication code to complete your login process. 

Slow Down – Don’t Open or Engage with Every Email

It is a big red flag if you receive an email from someone you don’t know, or the sender’s email does not match their domain! If a suspicious email has an attachment, it can be a severe and dangerous threat. Never open attachments from unknown senders. Also, avoid clicking on links from unknown senders. Taking a few extra minutes to review an email in your inbox before opening it can make a big difference in preventing a massive data breach. 

Spot Phishing Emails

Phishing emails will often sneak into your inbox, appearing legitimate, but if you know what to look for, you can avoid them. These nefarious emails will often contain an unfamiliar greeting or tone, come in the form of an unsolicited email, contain grammar or spelling errors, and attempt to create a sense of panic or urgency. Often appearing legitimate using trusted logos from government or financial institutions, the email addresses are often suspicious. 

Casey State Bank

At Casey State Bank, we are here to help you navigate your financial journey. We want to help you reach your financial goals and help you feel secure along the way. We’re here to serve you with our steadfast commitment to cybersecurity, various banking services, and personalized service. Contact us today to discuss your banking needs.