AdvantageCIO

Information Security and Technology solutions to fulfill your credit union’s compliance needs.

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Information security has never been more challenging than it is today. Current trends such as a mobile workforce, BYOD, and cloud computing mean that more of your staff and clients are accessing sensitive business information from more places and in more ways than ever before.

For your credit union, the challenge is to protect this information from loss, from theft, and from increasingly sophisticated threats, while at the same time addressing privacy, compliance, and risk management mandates. Keeping up with the continuous changes, whether to the threat environment you operate in, or the new technologies and strategies developed to remain competitive, requires a depth of expertise and experience that most organizations do not possess internally.

Who is AdvantageCIO?

AdvantageCIO is a technology consulting division of CU*Answers. The experienced technology consultants at AdvantageCIO are focused on the specific needs and requirements of the credit union industry, serving organizations large and small.

Our experts offer a unique blend of technology and business experience and understand how to align IT with your business goals, leveraging emerging technologies to strengthen your security posture, while maximizing the returns from shrinking budgets.

What We Offer

Need a Complete Package?

AdvantageCIO provides IT risk assessments to assist credit unions in developing and documenting their IT plans and policies. For security reviews and testing of your cybersecurity controls, we’re proud to announce a new partnership with Damian Walters & Associates, LLC. DWA provides cybersecurity services in the financial and healthcare industries and other businesses engaged in sensitive transaction processing. Over the two decades many credit unions in the cuasterisk.com network have taken advantage of DWA services.

CU*Answers recently invested to partner with DWA, specifically for the purpose of offering their professional services at a discount to our mutual clients. It seemed a natural fit to enhance the value of other ACIO services. You can rest assured our partnership is arranged to maintain a very clear separation from the technical services DWA provides.

Please reach out to us if you’re interested in these services and we will arrange an introduction, or reach out to DWA directly at the link below. Tell ’em we sent you!

Damian Walters & Associates, LLC (DWA)

AN IT AUDIT AND ASSESSMENTS FIRM

10% discount on services for all cuasterisk.com credit unions!

  • IT Assessing, Auditing, and Testing of Controls (AAT)
  • Vulnerability Assessing Services (VAS)
  • Vulnerability Assessing Engagements & Penetration Testing Engagements (VAE-PTE)
  • Virtual Information Security Officer (vISO) consulting services

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Updated
October 9, 2025