Heartland incident provides opportunity to standardise data breach notification laws

By

The Heartland data breach is an opportunity for the US government to standardise data breach notification laws, says Entrust.


The Heartland data breach is an opportunity for the US government to standardise data breach notification laws, says Entrust.

Bill Conner, chairman, president and CEO of Entrust, claimed that following the revelation that more than 100 million credit cards could have been compromised, the government needs to continue to move quickly to standardise data breach notification laws and call for technology, such as encryption and stronger authentication, that truly protects consumer information.

Conner said: “Cybercrime continues to grow and is increasingly affecting more and more of this country's citizens. To slow the upward trend of cybercrime in this country, all organisations - enterprise, consumer and even governments - need to carefully review current security approaches and identify key gaps within their infrastructures.”

He further called for Congress to pass a data breach notification law that better protects consumer identities through stronger data security standards with strong encryption.

“This is an opportunity to do something about a security issue that impacts all Americans”, said Conner.

See original article on scmagazineus.com
Got a news tip for our journalists? Share it with us anonymously here.
Copyright © SC Magazine, US edition
Tags:

Most Read Articles

Qantas facing 'significant' data theft after cyber attack

Qantas facing 'significant' data theft after cyber attack

Home Affairs officer accessed data on "friends and associates"

Home Affairs officer accessed data on "friends and associates"

International Criminal Court hit by cyber attack

International Criminal Court hit by cyber attack

Ex-student charged over Western Sydney University cyberattacks

Ex-student charged over Western Sydney University cyberattacks

Log In

  |  Forgot your password?