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ICAE Conference Identity Theft Review Steve Keen. ChoicePoint’s Strategic Goals & Direction.
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ICAE Conference Identity Theft Review Steve Keen
ChoicePoint’s Strategic Goals & Direction “Achieve industry-leading credentialing, compliance and privacy program objectivesthat reinforce the responsible use and protection of ChoicePoint data and services and continue to build credibility with the privacy community and the public” • Policy Review and Development • Customer, Employee and Vendor Compliance • Outreach & Communications
2005 Organizational Actions • Created independent office of Credentialing, Compliance and Privacy that reports to the Board of Directors • Established full-time liaison with law enforcement • Engaged Ernst & Young to conduct a best practices study of ChoicePoint • Established Corporate Credentialing Center
Identify Theft Related Processes • Free Consumer Reports – Fact Act, Public Records, File Disclosure • Marketing Opt Out Program • File Freeze Compliance Program for: • (NV - 10/05, NJ - 1/06, ME - 2/06) • Consumer Verification (Manual/Smart Questions) • Customer Credentialing – Physically/Electronically • Mask Personally Identifiable Information (PII) • Eliminated support for Non-Sponsored Agents
Technology Solutions Implemented • Password Reset using Biometrics (Voice Prints) • US Internet Access Policy • External/Internal Server Scans • Eliminating contributions on Physical Media • Encryption (SSL, SFTP, PGP)
Selected Best Practices to Consider • External E-Mail Scrutiny • Enhanced Network/Access Security Tools • (Two Factor Login, IDS, IPS) • Physical Office Security Review • Employee Security Awareness Program
External/Public Efforts • Identity Theft Resource Center • www.idtheftcenter.org • Privacy at ChoicePoint • www.privacyatchoicepoint.com • Visits to Customers and Conferences
CSO Identity Theft Survey – 7/21/2005 Source: CSO Magazine Out of 389 CSO’s and senior Security Executives • 58% - Identity Theft can be prevented • 29% - Will happen regardless of consumer precautions • 74% - Both the consumer and lax security at organizations was to blame • 16% - Due to an organizations failure to protect data