Case Study on American State Bank

When we receive notifications from QualysGuard scans we instantly see a comparison to the previous scan and know if everything is okay, or if there is a new vulnerability we need to take care of right away.
- Marvin Sturing, Network Administrator, American State Bank.


In the first quarter of this year, 1,220 new software vulnerabilities were uncovered. More than 80 such vulnerabilities that place business-technology systems at-risk are discovered, on average, each week. Those facts from CERT aren’t lost on Dan Gengler, Iowa-based American State Bank’s assistant network administrator. “Security is our top priority,” says Gengler. That’s why, when the bank launched online banking services for its customers, it sought a way to quickly find and remedy any software flaws that could affect their systems. Also, the bank’s decision to host its own online banking, Web, and e-mail servers put increased security responsibility on the bank’s two-person IT staff. Find out more..



Case Study on American State Bank




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