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After Equifax disclosed a devastating data breach, much of the attention focused on whether the company did everything it could in response. But the scary truth may be that this is the sort of incident that goes beyond a single company's ability to fix.
Virtually every industry faces data breach risks today as sensitive information gets digitized and networked across cloud platforms. But some data types see higher breach rates than others. Your company’s trustworthiness and future competitiveness depend on getting datasecurity right—now’s the time to start.
They are also barred from selling, sharing or collecting any personal information until they implement a comprehensive datasecurity program and obtain independent biennial assessments of this program. They must also provide an annual certification of compliance to the FTC. million consumers, including around 500,000 U.S.
The encrypted data is then written to our database. This means that data like socialsecurity numbers, driver’s license numbers, passport details, and bank information will never be stored in the clear and will always be encrypted and protected.
The incident can and should be a turning point for the financial services industry that it needs to end its reliance on static personal identifiers like SocialSecurity numbers and birth dates. It's not just Equifax that needs to worry.
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.” And the problem, he added, is likely going to get worse before it gets better, as more and more sensitive consumer data finds its way into the hands of bad actors. The bad guys, Moorer noted, have data – and lots of it. The Consumer As A Frontline Against Fraud.
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For example, the number of instances in which attackers went after SocialSecurity numbers increased eightfold between 2016 and 2017. Small businesses that fail to safeguard not only their own data, but their customers’ data as well, “can lead to an immediate loss of trust,” the report said.
And in terms of the data that was taken, hackers accessed driver’s license data but not SocialSecurity numbers. We invested heavily in advancing our datasecurity infrastructure and improving our consumer support and we delivered on our financial commitments.”. Investigations continue, said the company.
There is no evidence that any data involved creating fictitious accounts for retail consumers, as was the case in the scandal from about two years ago.
Unless a user opts out, Equifax will automatically share the name, address, date of birth, SocialSecurity number and self-provided phone number and email address with Experian for anyone who signed up for its TrustedID Premier service after the breach.
A consumer who tries to make an online purchase of eCigarettes might be asked to prove their age by — depending on the retailer — submitting a scan of their driver’s license, for instance, or entering the last four digits of their socialsecurity number, with that merchant then doing a background check.
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The patented PII Data Protection Appliance enables VOIP contact centers to secure PII data at the point of entry without disrupting the telephony voice path. Brown said, “The patent reinforces our commitment to datasecurity in [a] contact center environment, while preserving our customer’s infrastructure investments.”. .
We deal with PCI and data … security … and [we’re] very serious about who we are … as a payments processor,” McCarthy said. One of our largest clients is Comerica Bank , and they service the SocialSecurity Administration [SSA] and Veterans Affairs …through the world’s largest … debit program, Direct Express.
The fact remains that the very data that is readily available across all conduits of transactions – from phone numbers to SocialSecurity numbers – are there for the taking, across all manner of firms, and can be used as building blocks to create sophisticated ways to defraud the innocent. They want to be validated, he added.
That the Equifax breach will be a major watershed moment in the history of datasecurity, impacting consumers nationwide for years to come, is not a terribly controversial point. Historically, in a multifactor authentication scheme, the combination of all those data elements was what prevented the bad guys from getting access.
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