DefenseStorm

Name: DefenseStorm
Address: 1725 Windward Concourse suite 425, Alpharetta, GA, 30005, US
Telephone: (470) 519-0020

DefenseStorm serves US regional banks and credit unions exclusively. DefenseStorm is a NAFCU Preferred Partner for cloud cybersecurity.

Our GRID Active platform unifies MDR, risk and governance, backed by our 24×7 SOC of banking experts who act as an extension of your staff. Operating both as a technology system and as a service supported by experts in FI security and compliance, the GRID watches everything on a bank or credit union’s network and matches it to defined policies for real time, complete and proactive cyber exposure readiness, keeping security teams smart and executives accountable. FFIEC CAT and ACET requirements are built-in and automated, as can be other frameworks and an FI’s own policies, to achieve Active Compliance™. A Threat Ready Active Compliance (TRAC) Team™ augments a bank or credit union’s internal team to protect business continuity and skills availability while also ensuring cost-effective coverage and management.

10/30/2026

Cybersecurity Awareness Month wraps up tomorrow. The threats don’t take November off. 🎃

The best security habits are the simple ones you keep all year:

✅ Turn on MFA everywhere. One extra step blocks most account takeover attempts.
✅ Pause before you click. Urgent emails and texts are a phisher’s favorite trick.
✅ Update without delay. Patches close the doors attackers look for.

For banks and credit unions, these everyday habits protect your institution and the community that counts on you.

Thanks to everyone who joined us on the road this month. Here’s to staying resilient all year long.

10/28/2026

Two PHP remote code ex*****on flaws in one week.

PHP2Shell got emergency patches. Two days later, CVE-2026-115560 was disclosed. No active exploitation reported, and the permanent fix waits for a routine release.

For now, PHP says to disable the session upload progress feature and confirm the earlier patches are applied.

The harder question for your team: do you know every web application PHP is running behind, including the ones your vendors host for you?

Kroll just reported that 69% of breach victims between June 2025 and June 2026 were affected through a third party, and technology providers accounted for 79% of the individuals hit in those cases. Your exposure doesn't stop at your own servers. Neither does your examiner's interest.

We cover stories like these every weekday in the DefenseStorm CTI Daily Bulletin, with the "so what" for financial institutions. Sign-up here: https://www2.defensestorm.com/Up-To-Date

10/26/2026

You picked a framework. Is it doing any work?

The CAT is gone, and most banks and credit unions have chosen a replacement. Far fewer have connected it to the risks that matter.

Join Jessica Caballero, Vice President of Banking at DefenseStorm for Episode 3 of Bank on This to learn:

→ The NIST vs. CRI differences that matter for your institution
→ How to map your controls and see your real coverage
→ How to tie it all back to a risk assessment your board and examiner can follow

Mon, Nov 10 · 1 PM ET · Live Q&A included

Register: https://cvent.me/oYknLv

10/23/2026

Some of the best people in cybersecurity work at DefenseStorm, and this month we’re celebrating a few of them. 🎉

Congratulations to our October work anniversaries:

Matt Craft: 7 years
Brandan Hunter: 7 years
Ian Gibson: 7 years
Ashley Rademacher: 7 years
Brent Jordan: 7 years
Anthony Pham: 7 years
Jessica Caballero: 6 years
Garrett Donovan: 4 years

Banks and credit unions count on us to show up every day, and this team does exactly that. Thank you for your dedication, your expertise, and everything you do for our customers and each other.

10/21/2026

Board minutes are where examiners judge the quality of your oversight.

A board package that doesn't tie metrics to risk appetite, or show real substantive challenge and discussion, is exactly where a 2026 exam finding starts.

Our checklist covers what examiners expect from board-level reporting this year, along with supervisory posture, vendor risk, and framework adoption.

Pull your last board package. If it can't survive that kind of scrutiny, this checklist is your fix. Grab it here: utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_campaign=bank-exam-checklist-2026&utm_content=post1-four-areas

10/15/2026

Happy International Credit Union Day! 🎉

To every credit union that puts members first, every single day: thank you for what you do for your communities.

We’re proud to protect the credit unions that protect them.

10/15/2026

Support shouldn't feel like a ticket queue.

One credit union told us: "Whenever we need something, somebody comes up and helps us. It never feels like anybody drops us."

That's the standard we hold ourselves to. Every call, every question, every time.

Thank you to the customers who hold us to it.

https://www2.defensestorm.com/we-show-up-twenty-four-seven-mdr-for-banks-and-credit-unions?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=customer-voice

10/14/2026

A public proof of concept for a 9.3 Atlassian flaw went live. Exploitation attempts started within hours.

CVE-2026-21589 hits Data Center products including Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Bamboo. An unauthenticated attacker can read files in the web application root. Pair Jira with Crowd and plaintext credentials can lead straight to administrator access.

About 190 attempts from dozens of sources had been logged by October 8. CISA had not added it to the KEV catalog at the time of reporting.

Why FI teams should care: the exposed population is the development and service desk platforms many banks and credit unions run. Waiting for a KEV listing to start patching means starting after the attackers did.

Same week, CISA added five more actively exploited flaws (ProFTPD, ONLYOFFICE Docs, Strapi, Apache Struts, ISC BIND) tied to the China-associated Flax Typhoon group. The federal deadline was October 11. Your exam-ready patching story shouldn't depend on a federal deadline.

We summarize stories like these for financial institutions every day in the DefenseStorm CTI bulletin. Short, FI-relevant, and built for lean security teams. Sign up for free here: https://www2.defensestorm.com/Up-To-Date

10/09/2026

Four events. One packed week. A lot of great conversations.

Thanks to everyone who connected with us at FINTOP Summit, Curql's Unboxed Event, our Charlotte Resilience Roadshow, and GoWest MAXX. We left each one with fresh ideas and new friends.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by, shared a story, or swapped ideas with us. Conversations like these remind us why we do what we do. See you at the next one!

10/08/2026

Some of the best conversations happen in our customers’ own buildings.

On Tuesday our CEO Steve Soukup joined Georgia’s Own Credit Union and Curql for Unboxed at Georgia’s Own’s office. It was a day of credit union leaders and fintech partners talking about what’s next for the industry.

We’re proud to work with Georgia’s Own, and grateful to Curql for bringing this group together. Thanks for having us!

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1725 Windward Concourse Suite 425
Alpharetta, GA
30005

Telephone

(470) 519-0020

Website

https://www.defensestorm.com/

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