CUNA, Strohl Renew Agreement for BCP Planning Software and Consulting Services for CUs

December 17, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Katye Long
CUNA Communications; (608) 231-4038
klong@cuna.coop

MADISON, Wis. – Credit unions will continue to have access to Internet-based business continuity planning software and consulting services through the renewed strategic alliance between CUNA Strategic Services and Strohl Systems.

Through this renewed agreement, PLANet will be marketed, endorsed, and recommended to credit unions, along with the following Strohl Systems consulting services: plan development, plan testing, plan evaluation, plan conversion, facility evaluation, and recovery readiness and review.

PLANet allows credit unions, which may have minimal resources or expertise to devote to business continuity planning (BCP), to build, maintain, and test plans quickly and easily. Additionally, it helps meet audit and regulatory requirements from the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) and the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) related to BCP and disaster recovery. Over 1,100 financial institutions, including more than 700 credit unions, use PLANet.

PLANet guides users through the planning process step by step to ensure compliance, providing detailed assistance for each task and progress tracking for overall plan construction. It also includes features such as the ability to have concurrent users and to create an unlimited number of plans, customizing the plans for various branch locations and regions as well as for different kinds of recovery efforts like emergency response, crisis management, IT recovery, and pandemic planning. Plans are securely built, transmitted, and stored on the Web and users can access their plans at any time, day or night.

“The strategic alliance with CUNA Strategic Services has allowed us to bring PLANet to a greater number of credit unions over the past three years,” said Eric Strohl, president of Strohl Systems. “These credit unions have been able to build comprehensive plans that have stood the test of disasters and auditors. We look forward to continuing this alliance well into the future.”

“Strohl Systems has continually provided excellent, affordable, and needed tools and services to credit unions,” said Wes Millar, senior vice president for CUNA Strategic Services. “Choosing to continue our relationship with them was an easy decision.”

For more information, contact Tom Lybeck, product manager for CUNA Strategic Services, at (800) 356-9655, ext. 4109, or by e-mail at tlybeck@cuna.coop.

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About CUNA Strategic Services

CUNA Strategic Services, Inc., owned jointly by Credit Union National Association (CUNA) and the state leagues, provides credit unions with access to high quality products, services and technologies delivered with a competitive advantage made possible through volume pricing and strategic program development. CUNA serves 90 percent of America’s 8,500 credit unions, which are owned by more than 90 million consumer members. Credit unions are not for profit cooperatives providing affordable financial services to people from all walks of life. For more information visit www.strategicservices.cuna.org.

About Strohl Systems

Strohl Systems delivers the expertise and resources to help organizations build plans, practice for disruptions and prevail over disasters. The formula is simple — Plan. Practice. Prevail. Since 1988, Strohl’s business continuity software and services have been developed around this straightforward approach and have been used successfully in many real-world situations. Our products include LDRPS business continuity planning software, BIA Professional business impact analysis software, Incident Manager, powered by WebEOC, command center automation software, and NotiFind, powered by Varolii, an emergency notification system. In addition, Strohl offers PLANet, an Internet-based BCP tool developed specifically for community banks and credit unions. Strohl Consulting Services’ offerings are designed to manage the business continuity process from start to finish or provide more strategic assistance. In business since 1968, Strohl Systems is a privately held company headquartered in King of Prussia, Pa., and can be found on the Web at www.strohlsystems.com.

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