Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-02-12
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000007789-25-000013
Chunk: 210

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-12
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1C
Chunk 210
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 cybersecurity risk management program, multidisciplinary teams throughout the Corporation are deployed to address cybersecurity threats and to respond to cybersecurity incidents. Through ongoing communications with these teams, the CISO and the 2nd Line Information Security Risk Management team monitor the prevention, detection, mitigation and remediation of cybersecurity threats and incidents in real time, and report such threats and incidents to the Corporate Crisis Management Team and ultimately the ERC when appropriate.The CISO has served in various roles in Information Technology and Information Security for over 35 years, including serving in the CISO role of two large public companies, including Associated Bank for 18 years. The CISO holds an undergraduate degree in Management Information Systems and has attained the professional Information Systems Audit and Control Association certification of Certified Information Security Manager in 2005. The CIO holds an undergraduate degree in business management, with a minor in international business, and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in cybersecurity and has served in various roles in information technology for over 40 years, including serving as either the Chief Technology Officer or CIO of four public companies. The CRO has over 30 years of banking experience, holds a degree in computer science, and earned the CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight from the National Association of Corporate Directors. The Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel each hold degrees in their respective fields, and each has extensive experience managing risks at the Corporation and similar financial institutions, including risks arising from cybersecurity threats.