[Scott Giordano] Appeared in Information Management With all of the attention now being paid to data privacy, many Americans are wondering who’s looking out for their personal information online and many organizations are seeking clarity around meeting compliance regulations and preparing for future changes. To help answer those questions, Information Management spoke with data privacy expert Scott Giordano for his advice on how companies and brands should be approaching data…
What does it mean to be compliant? Compliance is the state of following rules and regulations and conforming to specifications, policies, standards or laws within those regulations. There are data security rules that can come from industry or legislative compliance guidelines. Every company may have their own data security compliance standards that vary. Financial institutions and medical companies likely have various requirements and policies for storing data for their company…
(by Todd Feinman, Spirion Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer) Data Discovery and Classification The holiday season is typically when data breaches often occur. We’ve seen significant news stories about breaches at Starwood Hotels and Quora. Around the holidays in 2017, it was announced that there was a significant privacy leak at eBay affecting many customers. And, it was just before the holidays in 2013 that Target announced the infamous breach…
On-Demand Webinar: “U.S. State Data Protection Law Roundup for 2018” To combat ongoing security breaches and risks, many…
The California Consumer Privacy Act In the world of data security ensuring consumer privacy and security is a vital part of how any business or organization should handle the storage of proprietary information. Consumers share data such as their driver’s license number, address, social security numbers, and much more with business and organizations. When information such as this is not protected, it can cause a slew of problems such as…
23 NYCRR Part 500 became effective on March 1, 2017. The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) requires banks, insurers and other financial services companies to set up a cybersecurity program aimed at protecting consumer information from being compromised or stolen. The impact of the regulation is much broader than just New York State as it applies to any organization with a presence in New York and may even…
Locating and Managing EU Personal Data for GDPR Compliance Spirion recently hosted a live webcast discussion on the topic of “Locating and Managing EU Personal Data for GDPR,” featuring a panel of security experts, comprised of: Colin Anderson, global CISO of Levi Strauss & Co.; Todd Feinman, founder and CEO of Spirion; Scott Giordano, privacy attorney and director at Robert Half Legal; and, Justin Suissa, principal at infoedge. In this…
(by Todd Feinman, CEO and Founder of Spirion) My team thought others would be interested in a memo that I sent to some friends and colleagues. The memo follows: I have received an overwhelming number of requests for information about what to do since the Equifax leak of 143 million SSNs was disclosed. I’ve tried to summarize those questions to help you protect yourself, your family, and your business. If…
(by Todd Feinman, CEO and Founder Spirion) Equifax allowed 143 million Social Security Numbers (SSN), Names, Date of Birth (DOB), and other personally identifiable information (PII) to be stolen. This affects most of us personally because we all have financial accounts (e.g., credit card, bank account, mortgage, car lease) and it’s highly likely Equifax was the recipient of your SSN from a bank who ran a credit report on you…
(by Cory Retherford, Spirion user) Greetings! I am a Solution Engineer for Spirion, LLC. My adventure using the data security software began in 2007 as the Indiana University Technology Services Manager for Student Enrollment Services. We had an organizational mission to provide a solution that would allow a better understanding of our data footprint and the types of data existing on our workstations, servers, and websites. As it happens, fate guided me to the…