Security experts said executives and employees who work in the financial services industry may be at a higher risk of becoming targets of criminals because they work in organizations that manage large amounts of cash.

However, they also said employees can take specific steps to reduce their risk of becoming the next victim, as well as survive a hostage situation should they find themselves in one.

Last February, Matthew Yussman, CFO for the $122 million, Berlin, Conn.-based Achieve Financial Credit Union, was a victim of an unusual criminal plot that he never saw coming.

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