Pennsylvania CU Finds Layered Approach Is Best Security Strategy

Credit Union Journal, The, May, 2004 by Kevin Jepson, Technology Writer

Atlantic Credit Union could soon be known as the Alcatraz of credit union information security.

"We're confident that our security configuration will be as secure as can be," said David Reis, vice president of IT at the $279-million CU. "Our layered approach provides us our best chance at achieving security, confidentiality, integrity and availability, or CIA."

The "layered" approach to network security is a concept piloted by Atlantic in cooperation with SecureWorks, an Atlanta-based Internet security service company.

"Think of it as that old arcade game, Pong, where there were different layers to break through," Reis explained. "Here, we're using three different products to verify the blocking action of each."

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