{"id":449,"date":"2017-09-19T13:53:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T17:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tmgr.com\/?p=449"},"modified":"2017-09-19T13:53:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T17:53:46","slug":"what-we-can-take-away-from-recent-data-breaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tmgr.com\/what-we-can-take-away-from-recent-data-breaches\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Can Take Away from Recent Data Breaches"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Chris Moschovitis\u2019s recent <\/span>article<\/span><\/a> for <\/span>Infosecurity Magazine<\/span><\/i>, he discusses why the Equifax hack doesn\u2019t matter. This recent data breach of the credit reporting agency has exposed nearly 143 million records of Americans, Brits, and Canadians. Of course, this is no small data breach. Equifax\u2019s security measures were obviously sub-par to say the least, and their handling of the incident has left a lot to be desired. \u00a0There will be, and should be, investigations, lawsuits, and appropriate penalties for those accountable. \u00a0Having said that, the data breach still doesn\u2019t \u201creally\u201d matter.<\/span><\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t matter because all of our most private data is already out there in the world \u2013 probably being sold and bought by 100% legitimate businesses \u2013 data aggregators. These companies, such as Acxiom or qDatum, purchase people\u2019s information to correlate and normalize the data before selling them back. Every free service you use \u2013 from social media to Google to the solitaire app on your phone \u2013 is collecting your data. It\u2019s a simple fact of our existence. The life we live today is anything but private.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, in that sense that none of our data was ever truly protected in the first place. \u00a0The Equifax hack is getting the much-deserved press, but the problem is far larger. The one positive that can come out of this situation is the raising of public awareness. Once the press finds a new scandal to cover, Equifax will be all but a distant memory for many people. We must fight against that spirit of complacency that causes so many cases of identity theft, data breaches, and more. Cybersecurity is a shared responsibility \u2013 and this data breach can help us to put it at the forefront of every conversation.<\/span><\/p>\n

When it comes to your personal privacy, or the protection of classified business documents, we encourage you to stay vigilant. If your data is already being bought and sold the world over, the only thing you can truly do is to carefully monitor your credit report and your activities. Nail down your own personal data protection system \u2013 for yourself and your organization. Ensure that your cybersecurity plan is airtight in case of a breach. You and you alone are accountable \u2013 so be aware. Be wary of where you enter personal information, or who your company partners with. Vet software carefully before implementing its use, and make sure your HR department is onboarding and offboarding staff correctly to minimize the risk of data leaking into the wrong hands. <\/span><\/p>\n

There is much that you can do to protect yourself and your organization. \u00a0Remember, an ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure! \u00a0Institute and manage your cybersecurity program today, or be left with a big mess to clean up!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Chris Moschovitis\u2019s recent article for Infosecurity Magazine, he discusses why the Equifax hack doesn\u2019t matter. This recent data breach of the credit reporting agency has exposed nearly 143 million records of Americans, Brits, and Canadians. Of course, this is no small data breach. Equifax\u2019s security measures were obviously sub-par to say the least, and their handling of the incident …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,6,7,8,10,14],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmgr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmgr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmgr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmgr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmgr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tmgr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmgr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmgr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmgr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmgr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}