After months of outspoken complaints from business leaders who said Massachusetts data security laws were next to impossible to follow, one lawmaker wants to make compliance easier for the smallest and largest of businesses. A bill sponsored by Sen. Michael Morrissey, D-Quincy, would rewrite the law passed in 2007, essentially creating separate paths to compliance…
Category: Breaches
GAO: Identity Theft: Governments Have Acted to Protect Personally Identifiable Information, but Vulnerabilities Remain
Summary from the GAO report: The loss of personally identifiable information, such as an individual’s Social Security number, name, and date of birth can result in serious harm, including identity theft. Identity theft is a serious crime that impacts millions of individuals each year. Identity theft occurs when such information is used without authorization to…
Heartland Gets Religion on Security
Heartland Payment Systems CEO Bob Carr is an unlikely spokesman for tech security. But that’s what he’s emerging as. The credit-card processor suffered one of the largest data breaches ever disclosed last year. But rather than taking the time-honored approach of staying quiet and hoping that the negative publicity goes away, Carr is talking openly…
EPIC Urges Comprehensive Strategy for ID Theft
From EPIC.org: With ID theft rapidly increasing in the United States, EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg urged a Congressional Committee to address the root causes of the problem. In a testimony before the House Oversight Committee, Mr. Rotenberg said that the government typically acts only after the crime has occurred and warned that the problem…