In an earlier post this afternoon our blog addresed the continually growing numbers of companies reporting data breaches.  In another posting on the same subject, which was posted in paymentnews, which is produced by and is a service mark of Glenbrook Partners, LLC, we see yet another announcement to the public identifying a potential data breach of thier client’s personal data.

We cannot stress enough to encourage all companies to continue diligently preparing themselves for a potential data breach of their private data …. as these reports of data breach continue to escalate, no longer is this threat just a point of discussion.  Continued action, adaptation and more action is required if a company is to have even a fair chance of overcoming this threat to their organization’s brand and continued customer loyalty.

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As a follow-up to our recent posting on 11 August, we are providing a link to a recent interview with Heartland Payment Systems, Inc., CEO, Robert Carr conducted by  Bill Brenner, Senior Editor of CSO.

Click here to read this article and form your own opinion of what really happened and where does the PCI Compliance debate go from here.   As always, we welcome your comments….

Risk managers attempting to protect their organizations from potential liabilities under e-Discovery laws must consider the additional challenges when data is stored outside of the United States.

In this article by Brett Tarr as published in Legal Week, many security and privacy rights of individuals as associated with e-Discovery are revealed along with summary discussions of the issues surrounding each area of human resource and e-Discovery law.  Of particular concern are those organizations who have employees both in and outside of the United States.  If your organization is currently faced with this situation, then we suggest reading this article and adding it to your library of reference materials on the topic of e-Discovery.