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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Thinking

This article highlights the alarming number of cyber breaches and data exposures, emphasizing the need to upgrade our thinking in terms of data security. It includes specific examples of breaches and their impact on various organizations and individuals.

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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Thinking

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  1. It’s Time to Upgrade Your Thinking

  2. 2012 Q1 & Q2 Cyber Breaches 213 breaches with over 8.5 million records exposed, including: • 1.8 million customer records including SS# and DOB (New York State Electric & Gas) • 700,000 health & Medicaid records (CA In-Home Supportive Services) • 800,000 health & Medicaid records (Utah Dept. of Technology Services) • 800,000 records including SS #s (CA Dept. of Child Support Services) • 654,000 files of personal information (University of Nebraska) Source: Identity Theft Resource Center, 7/2/12

  3. October 2012 Cyber Breach South Carolina Department of Revenue’s database with: • 3.6 million Social Security numbers • 387,000 credit & debit card numbers • Potentially affects anyone who filed a tax return in South Carolina since 1998 • None of the SS# and only 16,000 credit/debit card numbers were encrypted • Stolen by a foreign hacker • Being investigated by the U. S. Secret Service Source: USA Today, 10/26/12

  4. At least 141 million records have been stolen from government and military networks since 2005 44% of Total U.S. Population Source: The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Chronology of Data Breaches

  5. Email is Not Private South Carolina Supreme Court (10/10/12) • Wife asked her daughter-in-law to hack into her husband’s email account after she found a card for flowers in his car • The court determined that there was no invasion of privacy or violation of the Stored Communications Act (SCA) • Online email services do not fit the definition of “electronic storage” as spelled out by the SCA, and therefore are not protected Source: Published Court Decision, M. Lee Jennings v. Gail M. Jennings, et al

  6. Are We Protecting Our Constituents’ Data?

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