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FTC Getting Serious About Identity Theft Safeguards

Fines Up to $3,500 for Failure to Draft IT Security Plans

New Safeguard rule from the FTC require an expanded list of businesses and organizations to submit data security plans

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FACTA rule for disposal of sensitive consumer data.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
HIPAA privacy rule summary
NIST special publication 800-88 media sanitization guidelines
Search all government regulations

Following a decade [...]

Your Private Data for Sale in Ghana?

Ghana Electronic Data Piracy Exploits Lax Electronic Data Destruction

Is your decommissioned PC here?

ADDITIONAL LINKS:

NAID announces certification program
Overview of data destruction methods for hard drives

Northtrop Grumman was among several corporations embarrassed when sensitive corporate data was discovered for sale in a Ghana stolen information flea market. The hairy security situation was revealed to the world in [...]