United Bankers' Bank
Erich Blaufuss is currently the VP, Information Security Manager at United Bankers' Bank, where they oversee the organization's Information Security Program. Erich'sresponsibilities include cybersecurity oversight, reporting, and maintenance activities, as well as IT governance, risk and compliance reporting, business continuity maintenance and testing, vendor management program maintenance, security administration, and overall information security program activities and updates. Erich also serves as a subject matter expert resource for UBB's customer banks.
Prior to their current role, Erich worked at SafeNet Consulting, where they held various positions. Erich started as an Info Tec Specialist at the Minnesota State Board of Investment and was later promoted to roles such as Project Manager, Information Security Engineer, and Network Services Administrator. Erich was responsible for managing IT infrastructure, implementing cybersecurity standards and processes, improving systems management, and leading relocation projects. Erich also migrated SafeNet technology to the Cloud and decommissioned on-premise servers while still on-site at a client.
Before joining SafeNet Consulting, Erich worked as a Consultant at Talbot Consulting.
Erich Blaufuss has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Forensics, IT Management, and Programming, which they obtained from Metro State University between 2006 and 2011. Prior to that, they attended the University of Minnesota for Electrical Engineering and Shattuck-St. Mary's School, but the specific details regarding degrees and years are not provided.
In terms of certifications, Erich Blaufuss holds the following additional certifications:
- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) obtained from ISACA in February 2021.
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) obtained from (ISC)² in August 2020.
- EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (e|CSA) obtained from EC-Council in January 2013.
- ITIL 4 Foundations obtained from AXELOS Global Best Practice in March 2020.
Additionally, Erich Blaufuss has several Microsoft certifications, including Microsoft Certified Network Product Specialist (MCNPS), Microsoft Certified Professional in System Integration (MCPSI), Microsoft Certified Security Engineer + Internet (MCSEI), Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE), and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). These certifications were obtained between 2003 and 2005.
Further certifications include Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) obtained from Cisco in July 2000, NT-CIP obtained from NT-CIP in 1999, and Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) obtained in January 1998.
Although Erich Blaufuss has completed courses in Learning COBIT and Python Essential Training from LinkedIn, the specific details regarding the completion months and years are not provided.
United Bankers' Bank
First for Your Success Starts with UBB - the Nation's First Bankers' Bank When the founders of UBB gathered together in 1975, they faced a serious threat. New branching laws meant that the major systems banks were invading their hometowns, competing for their best retail and commercial customers. Meanwhile, most community banks relied on these same systems banks for all of their correspondent services. A new correspondent bank was needed that would be owned and managed by community banks, and would focus only on their best interests. So in the true can-do spirit of independent community bankers, the founders of UBB created the nation's first bankers' bank, to level the competitive playing field with systems banks by providing community banks with a full range of innovative correspondent services secure in the knowledge that nobody would ever come after their customers. For more than four decades now, the same spirit of innovation and single-minded commitment to community banking that spawned the first bankers' bank lives on in the corporate DNA of United Bankers' Bank.