Introducing The BIGcast Network

In this episode:

• An introduction to the BIGcast Network team that will focus on payments, business strategy and leadership and tech and innovation.
• The new BIGcast schedule and format, and a sneak preview of upcoming podcasts
• Special guest, Laura Weise, producer and Voice of the BIGcast, discusses podcast development and production, and introduces the entire BIGcast team.
• The recent disclosure about the alleged SWIFT Networks hack by the National Security Agency, including how this effects credit union scenario and communications planning.
• A discussion of Wired Magazine’s recent article, “Inside the Hunt for Russia’s Most Notorious Hacker”, and the implications of this on credit union security and personnel practices.

URLs related to this week’s BIGCast:

• https://www.swift.com/ – The SWIFT Network Web site.
• https://www.fsisac.com/ – The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) is the financial industries resource for cyber and physical threat intelligence analysis and sharing.
• https://www.cuna.org/securityandtech/ – The landing page for CUNA’s Security and Technology resources.
• http://theceocorner.com/author/johnjanclaes/ – Leadership articles and podcasts from John Janclaes at Partners Federal Credit Union.
• https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action – Ted Talk by Simon Sinek on inspirational leadership, including the leadership and development example of Samuel Pierpont Langley.
• http://bigfintechmedia.com/Podcast/a-digital-day-with-john-in-2025-part-1 and http://bigfintechmedia.com/Podcast/a-digital-day-with-john-in-2025-part-2 – The Digital Day drama series starring John Best and Laura Wiese.
• https://www.wired.com/2017/03/russian-hacker-spy-botnet/ – “Inside the Hunt for Russia’s Most Notorious Hacker” article on Wired.