Security experts from RSM McGladrey offered these security tips for credit unions:
* Have one person dedicated solely to security issues. If the CU doesn't have the resources or personnel to hire
CUs that have law enforcement personnel as part of the field of membership should make the most of that
* Reevaluate and assess security issues on a regular basis and always take a worst-case scenario approach.
* Inform key personnel that their duties and stature at the CU may make them a target for kidnapping, etc., and
* Ensure that surveillance cameras are not only in working order and located strategically-but that they also provide
* Consider purchasing "dummy" video equipment and placing it in full sight. Crooks can be fooled into stealing that
* Beware of the "fortress mentality." Many financial institution employees are on guard at the financial institution
* Have a plan in place for serving members elsewhere after a crime has been committed, because law enforcement
* High-tech crime and e-crime are "hot" right now and get a lot of attention, as does internal "sticky fingers" crime-
* The vast majority of robbers "case" their targets, and most of the time, the bad actor is on the list of depositors