Global Credit Union’s Dana Gonderzik on Cybersecurity & AI

Dana Gonderzik has spent nearly 13 years at Global Credit Union, watching the financial services sector transform from traditional brick-and-mortar banking to a digitally-driven industry. As Director, Information Security, she has witnessed first-hand how technology has reshaped both the opportunities and threats facing credit unions today.

Her journey into cybersecurity was unexpected. Originally training to become a registered nurse, a back injury during her first year of college forced Dana to reconsider her career path. She took a position at a computer company handling phone support and discovered a passion for technology that would go on to define her professional life.

“I really enjoyed the learning and the growth in the industry and within computers,” she recalls. “It was the turning point of my career.”

Today, she leads a distributed security team spanning Alaska, Arizona and remote workers across the US. The institution even maintains three locations in Italy, living up to its global name. Her role encompasses everything from vulnerability management to risk assessment, governance, policy development, threat hunting and security management.

Hear from Dana in this video, where she shares her insights on the new age of cybersecurity for credit unions.