Cyber & IT Supervisory Forum - November 2023

Phillip Hinkle Phillip Hinkle is the Director ‐ IT Security Examinations with the Texas Department of Banking. Phillip oversees the IT examination function of approximately 275 banks, trust companies and non ‐ depository entities chartered and licensed by the state of Texas. He has held a variety of IT certifications and received the FBI’s Service Award from FBI Director Robert Mueller. He led the formation of the Texas Bankers Electronic Crimes Task with the US Secret Service. The task force has undertaken a number of initiatives including the national Executive Leadership of Cybersecurity initiative called ELOC (pronounced E ‐ Lock) and most recently the development of a Ransomware Self ‐ Assessment Tool (pronounced R ‐ SAT). He is a member of the FFIEC’s Cybersecurity Working Group, which developed the FFIEC’s Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT) that was distributed to the banking industry.