S3 | E26: Building a Cyber Risk Playbook for the Post-CAT World

About this episode

This episode discusses the future of cybersecurity for financial institutions after the retirement of the FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool.

Cybersecurity is evolving faster than many community banks and credit unions can keep pace with. With the retirement of the FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT) on August 31, 2025, financial institutions are left wondering how best to measure, track, and manage cyber risk without a regulator-endorsed standard. In this episode of the Banking on Data podcast, host Ed Vincent sits down with Cathy Jackson to unpack what comes next for institutions in this post-CAT world. Together, they...

People in this episode

Host: Ed Vincent

Guest: Cathy Jackson

Topics covered

• cybersecurity
• community banks
• credit unions
• cyber risk
• FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool
• post-CAT world

Keywords

• cybersecurity
• community banks
• credit unions
• cyber risk playbook
• FFIEC
• post-CAT

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Organizations: FFIEC

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