How Financial Institutions Can Detect, Manage and Mitigate Fraud

Will LaSala is the Director Security Solutions @ VASCO North America.  He joined the company in 2001 and over the years has been involved in all aspects of product implementation and market direction within financial institutions, online gaming and mobile application development.  Will currently empowers the markets and VASCO’s largest clients with direct communication of new products and features and security changes.  Prior to joining VASCO, he worked as a Sr. Systems Engineer and Developer for a prominent consulting firm in New England.  He brings over 20 years of software and cyber security experience.

Laurel Sykes is the SVP and Chief Risk Officer for Montecito Bank & Trust and is responsible for the Bank’s compliance, information security, and fraud departments.  She has been a banker for more than 25 years, the last 20 of which were in risk management. She’s a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM).  As the Bank’s Community Reinvestment Act Officer, she also teaches financial literacy training throughout the community which includes training to prevent financial scams. Montecito Bank & Trust has seen an uptick in the last year in both online debit card fraud and wire scams and she will be sharing the common attributes of some of those attacks as well as helpful tips for what you can do personally to minimize the risk that you might be the next victim.

Paul Abramson is SVP/Director of Technology for Montecito Bank & Trust.  Paul oversees the Bank’s Network & Technology Infrastructure. He is focused on securing the Bank’s digital assets and has led many of the efforts to strengthen the Bank’s environment over the past several years.  His team sees sophisticated cyber threats up close every day and offers useful examples and strategies to help others protect themselves online. He comes to the bank with over 20 years in the information security community.