CU*Answers Network Services and First Financial CU of Skokie, Illinois, recently hosted the fifth meeting of the CUSO technology users group. The group is for credit union technology professionals on the CU*BASE® platform and provides an open forum for the discussion and research of technology topics facing senior tech leaders in the credit union vertical.

During this session the group discussed various technical and strategic technology topics including challenges and tactics for staying up-to-date on cybersecurity and technology issues; Microsoft Office 365 compliance and controls considerations; conducting tabletop disaster recovery exercises; examination trends and regulatory hot button issues; major 2017 initiatives; and DDoS cybersecurity challenges and tactics. The group first met in November 2014 and meets two times per year at rotating venues with topics selected by participants. Each participant is expected to present or lead a discussion on a topic.

“Everyone is facing similar technical and cybersecurity challenges but no one should go it alone,” explains David Wordhouse, VP Network Technologies at CU*Answers. “Chances are, someone in the room has already solved the problem you’re facing, and this is an opportunity to collaborate in a new way to tackle those challenges together so we can all get more effective at what we do.”

The June 2017 meeting will be hosted by Honor Credit Union. For more information about the group, contact David Wordhouse, dwordhouse@cuanswers.com, or Matt Sawtell, msawtell@cuanswers.com.