While state laws requiring “reasonable” data security have had a positive impact, data breach notification laws have had the most profound effect on the improvement of data security. These laws have motivated companies – through negative incentives – to improve data security to avoid publicity, embarrassment, and the risk of notification.
Don’t let your bottom line go up in flames: understand how security breaches impact your business and take aggressive action to avert disaster.
The point of sale chip and PIN payment technology is believed to be a safer form of payment than the common magnetic striped credit card. The new technology uses a card with an embedded microchip that requires the consumer to enter a unique PIN through a reader to make payment. So why aren’t more businesses adopting this technology?
A few weeks ago I discussed a few preventative measures a healthcare business can implement to protect itself from the damages of medical fraud. However, the fight against medical fraud requires support from many groups, including the U.S. Government. Bringing new tools to the fight, the Obama Administration recently announced aggressive new measures it is [...]
The Holiday Season is one of the busiest times of year for consumer-facing businesses. While Holiday sales can help improve a bottom line, the increased consumer activity also brings many headaches. One of the biggest headaches is falling victim to fraud schemes from wily consumers hoping to take advantage of business who do not have [...]
Our guest blogger this week is Kristen Mathews of Proskauer Rose LLP. Hear more from the head of the Privacy & Data Security Group and a member of the Technology, Media & Communications Group at Proskauer Rose LLP, Kristen Mathews, during our next webinar, How Policy Will Shape Data Privacy in 2011, coming up this [...]
Our guest blogger this week is the team at Proskauer Rose LLP. Hear more from the head of the Privacy & Data Security Group and a member of the Technology, Media & Communications Group at Proskauer Rose LLP, Kristen Mathews, during our next webinar, How Policy Will Shape Data Privacy in 2011, coming up on [...]
Consumers who are part of a data breach may be more likely to experience identity theft. Learn about sources and consequences of identity theft and the benefits of ProtectMyID.
When a data breach occurs it is important to understand the breach notification laws in your State and what you have to do to abide by them. After contacting your legal counsel, the next stop you can make is the National Conference of State Legislatures which maintains a list of enacted and proposed security breach [...]
Mobile devices are important tools to efficiently manage a business and to quickly meet the needs of a customer. Think about the hit in productivity you’d take if you lost your smart phone or PDA. Several weeks ago I wrote about the importance of implementing a wireless data policy to protect employee account data from [...]
