PASADENA, Calif. – Wescom CU yesterday announced that its Wescom Resources Group CUSO has signed with TraceSecurity to offer the company’s security testing to other credit unions.

Under the deal, TraceSecurity will provide external penetration testing to new Wescom Resources clients who deploy the MemberEdge Online Banking system. TraceSecurity's external penetration testing is an extra precautionary tool for credit unions' online banking security as well as another measure to protect credit union members from identity theft.

TraceSecurity's external penetration testing simulates real, live, malicious attacks to expose potential vulnerabilities in the financial institution's network and online banking system before the system goes live. Exposing vulnerabilities allows security holes – if any – to be identified and fixed before a real malicious attack could happen, thus giving financial institutions an added layer of protection in their online banking.

TraceSecurity is based in Baton Rouge, La.