National Association of Federal Credit Unions (NAFCU) President and CEO Dan Berger along with senior staff met with Brian Peretti of the United States Department of the Treasury recently to discuss cybersecurity.
Credit unions have recently raised cybersecurity concerns, which were discussed at the meeting, as were NAFCU’s efforts to promote cybersecurity awareness and cybersecurity in general.
Peretti, the acting director for the Treasury Department’s Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Compliance Policy, welcomed working with NAFCU in the future on cybersecurity exercises.
He also suggested that additional data should be collected regarding credit union cybersecurity and showed interest in learning more about how credit unions deal with cybersecurity issues. In addition, Peretti said his office continues to develop resources for use by financial institutions.
Also discussed were NAFCU’s projects that are being worked on in collaboration with groups such as the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council’s Cybersecurity Operational Capabilities Assessment task force and the Federal Reserve’s Faster and Secure Payments task force.