Kroll Fraud Solutions Blog – A Dialogue on Data Security

This Friday, January 28, is Data Privacy Day – marking an international celebration, with people and businesses all over the world participating in events and initiatives. Data Privacy Day raises consumer awareness about the growing difficulties of protecting sensitive information and keeping it private. We called this day to readers’ attention last year, and later noticed an entry at the Data Privacy Day blog calling attention to an insightful article written by Jay Cline, President of Minnesota Privacy Consultants, that’s titled “The Top 5 Mistakes of Privacy Awareness Programs.” The blog issued a challenge to establish a training program if your company doesn’t already have one, and to maintain it permanently.

If you’re planning to attend LegalTech New York 1/31 – 2/2, you’ll want to register for the Litigation Technology Workshop, sponsored by our colleagues at Kroll Ontrack. You can attend any or all sessions and earn as much as 4.5 CLE credits for full attendance.

Session 2, Safeguarding Sensitive Information – Data Breach and Security Trends, will be presented by Kroll’s own Alan Brill and Alex Ricardo, along with Edward Rippey, Esq. from Covington & Burling, LLP. This session will focus on liability risks of a breach, practical steps to prevent breaches and protect data, and best practices for data breach response. Kroll Ontrack is offering a promotion for a 10 percent discount to registrants – you can find details here.

We’re guessing your business is located in an area that’s had a bit of bad weather this winter – because from rushing floods to blowing snow,  there are few regions in North America that haven’t experienced some severe weather events this season. Use this ‘new beginnings’ time of year to ensure that your employees can stay productive even when they can’t make it to the office. Telecommuting can be a wonderful boost to productivity on both a personal employee and organizational level, but it does bring unique security concerns. Here are a few items to keep in mind:

This week, we’ll be offering up a few tips intended to help you keep your data secure while managing those beginning-of-year housekeeping issues that most organizations face.

It’s unavoidable that sensitive data is set in motion with much greater frequency at this time of year than others – and much of it is actually your employees’ data. Most likely, your organization implemented an open benefits enrollment at the end of last year, and new benefits are coming online for the first time. This can be a particularly treacherous time period as well. Consider these tips:

Tip #6: Seasonal Deal or Scam?

This time of year, scammers are out in force, and if an offer seems too good to be true, it probably is. A few traditional scams to be on the watch for: