Scott Bader

Five Star Bank, the banking subsidiary of Financial Institutions, Inc., promoted Scott Bader to Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer. Bader joined the bank in 2008 and most recently served as Senior Vice President and Technology Services Director. The promotion was announced July 24, 2023.

The release says Bader is responsible for executing and evolving the bank's information and cybersecurity program and for compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements on information access, security and privacy. The company's filing says Bader was appointed CISO in August 2023 and has over 25 years of experience in technology and security leadership. According to the filing, the CISO, as a member of the risk organization, reported to the CRO at the time of the report, and the CRO was a member of the Executive Management Committee at the time of the report. Bader leads a team of information security professionals whose certifications include GCTI, GSEC and CISSP, according to the report.

The release says the launch of the bank's information security program was led by Bader from 2010 to 2014, when he was Technology Services Manager and Senior Vice President and Information Security Officer. Before Five Star Bank, Bader held technology roles at the retailer Chico’s FAS, Inc., according to the release. He served from 1990 to 1994 in the United States Marine Corps, where he worked on an international counterintelligence team, the release says. The bank's announcement says Bader studied at Florida Gulf Coast University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems. According to the bank, he is a past member of the advisory board of the New York Bankers Association. Bader, based at the company's corporate headquarters in Warsaw, N.Y., previously sat on the board of the United Way of Eastern Orleans County, the release says.

The release says Five Star Bank offers banking and lending to businesses, municipalities and individuals in Central and Western New York. Five Star Bank says it is investing in AI-powered security tools that detect and block threats in real time, and has taken steps to strengthen defenses against AI-enabled threats.