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Identity Theft - Business Guide For Protecting Personal Information
Elements of A Sound Data Security Plan:
Most companies keep sensitive personal information in their files; names, Social Security numbers, credit card, or other account data that identifies customers or employees.
This information often is necessary to fill orders, meet payroll, or perform other necessary business functions. However, if sensitive data falls into the wrong hands, it can lead to fraud, identity theft, or similar harms. Given the cost of a security breach; losing your customers trust and perhaps even defending yourself against a lawsuit, safeguarding personal information is just plain good business.
A sound data security plan is built on 5 key principles:
- Take stock. Know what personal information you have in your files and on your computers.
- Scale down. Keep only what you need for your business.
- Lock it. Protect the information that you keep.
- Pitch it. Properly dispose of what you no longer need.
- Plan ahead. Create a plan to respond to security incidents.
Use the checklists at Identity Theft - Business Guide For Protecting Personal Informationton to see how your company's practices measure up and where changes are necessary.
Additional ResourcesThese websites and publications have more information on securing sensitive data:
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)s Computer Security Resource Center
NISTs Risk Management Guide for Information Technology Systems
Department of Homeland Security's National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace
SANS (SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security) Institutes Twenty Most Critical Internet Security Vulnerabilities
United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT)
Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institutes CERT Coordination Center
Center for Internet Security (CIS)
The Open Web Application Security Project
Institute for Security Technology Studies
OnGuardOnline.gov
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