Kroll Cyber Security Blog – A Dialogue on Data Security

The International Association of Privacy Professionals holds its Global Privacy Summit in Washington D.C. next week. If you will be in attendance, please stop by Booth #4, talk with Kroll’s team of Data Breach Services experts, and take our Interactive Risk Assessment. Kroll is one of a few companies with the resources and skills to provide solutions for almost every aspect of data security and protection, all along the data breach event continuum.

As a way to say “Thanks for stopping by,” we invite you to enter our prize giveaway before leaving Kroll’s booth.

You’ll have a chance to win one of these prizes:

On March 9, 2010, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement in its case against an identity theft protection services firm that we’ll refer to as “Defendants.” The $35 million judgment was suspended to $12 million, payable to the FTC and 35 state Attorneys General. We’ll all be watching as this unfolds, because if the conditions of the judgment are not met, the entire $35 million will be due.

Tomorrow is Data Privacy Day, an annual celebration to “raise awareness and generate discussion about information privacy,” according to The Privacy Projects, the nonprofit organization dedicated to facilitating the role of consumer privacy and data protection.

Officially recognized by both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, Data Privacy Day is observed nationally and worldwide. Events are scheduled not only for January 28th, but through the month of February and are designed to be an opportunity for dialogue amongst all stakeholders – businesses, consumers, government agencies, and academics. The official  website contains lots of educational material for businesses and consumers alike from Data Privacy Day sponsors: http://dataprivacyday2010.org.

Say farewell to the old year with a look at four of the top 2009 events that our experts believe have changed the face of data security for businesses going forward…

• Heartland Payment Systems breach – Termed by some as “the world’s biggest data breach to date”, hundreds of millions of payment cards were compromised. Heartland leadership was visible and vocal throughout the year, championing end-to-end encryption and sharing lessons learned from this incident for which the company created an $82.9 Million reserve.