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This is an amazing step forward in community preparedness, one of the last priorities for those who think "it could never happen here" or "it could not happen to me."

The results of this survey should be surprising, but they are not.

No one much likes discussing the vulnerabilities of our critical infrastructure, but General Alexander has done a good job here of outlining the problem we face.

Both Weill and his counterpart at Citigroup at that time now feel that some version of Glass Siegall should be reenacted. I think they are right.

Another look inside the world of regulation. Meanwhile Treasury Secretary and former head of the New York Fed Timothy Geithner testified in front of Congress on what he and others new in 2008 about price fixing around the libor.

Here is a review of the book. Readers may also be interested to go to www.riskuniverse.com and look over the entire excellent magazine, and sign up for a 3 month no cost subscription.

Johnson's blog questions the relationships among regulators, in this case between the Federal Reserve and the British banking system. It is hard to know at this point just how confidence in the global banking system can be increased.

A thoughtful piece that certainly applies to more than the libor issues....worth considering against all the fines and hearings being levied on the financial sector at this time.

So begins Bill Longbrake's most recent economic forecast, just as Ben Bernanke delivers a similar message on Capitol Hill this morning. Longbrake's entire analysis is worth reading.

I'm not sure everyone understands how interconnected the U.S. financial system is with other parts of the globe. Though the inquiry is being conducted in England, its ripple effects will be felt here: banks that do business internationally are affected.

Such massive breaches remind us to change our passwords frequently, and not to use the same password for all our logins.

The publication of this story a day before JPMorgan Chase reports quarterly results will put CEO Jamie Dimon in the position of having to take questions on the bank's willingness to provide information to its regulators.

This article nicely compliments a discussion yesterday on Warren Ulney's NPR program in which four or so financial writers commented upon what it would take -- more regulation or self-policing or a different set of incentives -- for bankers and other professionals to do the right thing.

Looks like a case of the pot calling the kettle black. One thing is for sure: there are large liability issues looming for all banks who participated in libor reporting.

Better to have "overblown fears" than 42,000 users unable to get to the Internet.

Even if you regularly scan your computer for viruses or other forms of malware, you should probably also run this DNS check before Monday, July 9.

The Barclays scandal was further amplified yesterday by the testimony of it its former CEO.

There's nothing pretty about cleanup efforts after devasting natural disasters, whether it's wildfires in the West or ongoing power outages in the East.

Here's the first large decision from the Barclays board, with more certainly to come.

It's difficult to be proud of the banking profession these days. Here's an editorial in the Financial Times that gives you a couple of reasons why.