Virtual Branch Disaster Recovery

Keep Your Credit Union Running During a Disaster

How confident are you that your current disaster recovery plan will meet your objectives? Is your credit union keeping pace with regulatory and industry requirements regarding data availability? CU*Answers Network Services’ Virtual Branch provides a credit union a continuity plan that will provide a strategic and competitive advantage in an environment where you must plan for the unexpected, maintain operations and meet regulatory demands. Virtual Branch offers online credit unions a secure way to keep business open and functional during unexpected circumstances – saving you valuable recovery time and boosting membership confidence that their assets are in the right hands.

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Keep Your Credit Union Running

In the event of a disaster, credit unions remain operational with CU*Answers Network Services’ Virtual Branch. CU*Answers Network Services provides clients with the ability to log into their virtual credit union and securely connect back to the network over any high speed internet connection. With Virtual Branch, you don’t need a 3rd party hot-site or other traditional disaster recovery arrangements. Virtual Branch not only provides access to core data processing applications, but also other essential network resources, such as e-mail, files and electronic document repositories.

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Develop, Document and Implement a Business Continuity Program

CU*Answers Network Services professionals are on hand to help assist credit unions in creating a disaster recovery plan. Our staff is extremely knowledgeable with both current NCUA regulations and industry practices. We can help identify potential threats, assess their potential impact, assign priorities, and develop planned responses that will create a solid DR and business continuity solution. We know every credit union is different, which is why our solution is designed to develop a series of plans and procedures ensuring that the sustainability of critical processes to your business, partners, and customers are met.

Geographically Distinctive

In accordance with regulations and industry best practices, Virtual Branch provides a geographically distinctive, fully functional disaster recovery and business continuity solution, insulating your credit union from the affects of local or regional disasters.

24/7 Monitoring and Management

As part of Virtual Branch, CU*Answers Network Services provides constant monitoring of online credit unions’ critical information. We also provide an annual disaster recovery/business continuity report which includes review of the DR and business continuity plans, results and documentation of the annual DR test, and all information and services delivered from state of the art SAS 70 certified data centers.

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June 14, 2018

A Note from Network Services: MPLS Data Line Price Increases

A Note from Network Services: MPLS Data Line Price Increases

Notice of MPLS Data Line Price Increases Many credit unions use MPLS lines to connect to CU*Answers for their data processing.  CU*Answers has been notified by Lumen (formerly CenturyLink), the provider of our MPLS data network, that they will be passing along price increases on data lines that they receive from third party last mile… Read more »

Jul 14, 2022

Have a question for CU*Answers? Who do you call?

Have a question for CU*Answers?  Who do you call?

At CU*Answers, we know how important it is that your Credit Union gets the appropriate help in order to meet your day-to-day data processing needs.  When you don’t know exactly who to call, we recommend that you get started by reaching out to either the Client Services and Education Team or the Network Services Team…. Read more »

Jul 8, 2022

A Note from Network Services: MPLS Data Line Price Increases

A Note from Network Services: MPLS Data Line Price Increases

Notice of MPLS Data Line Price Increases Many credit unions use MPLS lines to connect to CU*Answers for their data processing.  CU*Answers has been notified by Lumen (formerly CenturyLink), the provider of our MPLS data network, that they will be passing along price increases on data lines that they receive from third party last mile… Read more »

Jul 5, 2022

A Note from Network Services: MPLS Data Line Price Increases

A Note from Network Services: MPLS Data Line Price Increases

Notice of MPLS Data Line Price Increases Many credit unions use MPLS lines to connect to CU*Answers for their data processing.  CU*Answers has been notified by Lumen (formerly CenturyLink), the provider of our MPLS data network, that they will be passing along price increases on data lines that they receive from third party “last mile”… Read more »

Jun 7, 2022

A Note from Network Services: Netwrix Auditor Vulnerabilities

A Note from Network Services: Netwrix Auditor Vulnerabilities

Netwrix has disclosed vulnerabilities to Netwrix Auditor and has released an updated version, version 10.5, to resolve these vulnerabilities.  We urge clients using this platform to review their Netwrix Auditor version information and update to version 10.5 as soon as possible.  Netwrix has indicated that there is no evidence that these vulnerabilities were disclosed to… Read more »

Jun 7, 2022

A Note From the Help Desk: Microsoft Windows Support Diagnostic Tool Vulnerability

A Note From the Help Desk: Microsoft Windows Support Diagnostic Tool Vulnerability

ATTENTION ONLINE AND SELF-PROCESSING CREDIT UNIONS Microsoft Windows Support Diagnostic Tool Vulnerability What Is It? CU*Answers Network Services is tracking a recently announced security vulnerability when the Microsoft Windows Support Diagnostic tool is used to execute arbitrary code with the privileges from another application such as Microsoft Word. How Does It Work? The primary method… Read more »

Jun 2, 2022

Reminder: Partnership Changes Coming to Managed Technology Services

Reminder: Partnership Changes Coming to Managed Technology Services

THIS POST APPLIES TO CREDIT UNIONS WHO RECEIVED THE ASSOCIATED EMAIL. Dear clients – for the past several years we have worked closely with CU*Northwest to deliver leading-edge managed technology services to their credit union community.  Through this partnership, you have been able to leverage the proven technology management practices of CU*Answers Network Services (CNS)… Read more »

Apr 20, 2022

AdvantageCIO acquires certified information systems auditor

AdvantageCIO, a division of CU*Answers, is pleased to announce it has acquired a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) to perform various assessments for cybersecurity. Andrew Hinson has passed the exam and achieved the certified status for ISACA’s CISA program. The CISA certification is world-renowned as the standard of achievement for those who audit, control, monitor […]

Apr 6, 2022

Have a question for CU*Answers? Who do you call?

Have a question for CU*Answers?  Who do you call?

At CU*Answers, we know how important it is that your Credit Union gets the appropriate help in order to meet your day-to-day data processing needs.  When you don’t know exactly who to call, we recommend that you get started by reaching out to either the Client Services and Education Team or the Network Services Team…. Read more »

Apr 4, 2022