The Spotlight On Data Security

Why is there a spotlight on data security?  Data breaches plus identity theft equal liability.  Recall the recent data breach with Target.  Seventy million records were compromised along with 40 million cards.  This resulted in 100+ lawsuits and numerous investigations by AG’s, FTC, and more.

HIPAA related breaches are impacting more than 31  million individuals and includes class action law suits and government investigations.

Florida is the number one state for various types of fraud including identity theft, tax fraud, credit card, phone, utilities and more.  Identity theft equals damages.

Protect yourself.  Hire a reputable vendor to proactively protect your data.

 

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B.Y.O.D. (Bring Your Own Device) – Security Challenges

What are some of the B.Y.O.D security challenges?   They include:

• personal devices plugged into corporate computer networks via USB
• personal devices connecting to corporate Wi-Fi networks
• data exfiltration and data theft from lost or stolen devices a)  applications such as office readers on phones b) dropbox used to sunc documents from a work laptop to a personal phone c) potentially sensitive corporate e-mail left on phones

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