{"id":2781,"date":"2014-02-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otava.test\/senators-pushing-for-data-security-and-breach-notification-standards\/"},"modified":"2014-02-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-05T00:00:00","slug":"senators-pushing-for-data-security-and-breach-notification-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/senators-pushing-for-data-security-and-breach-notification-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators pushing for data security and breach notification standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reacting to major data breaches at major retail outlets, including Target and Nieman Marcus, US senators recently introduced the Data Security and Breach Notification Act, calling on the Federal Trade Commission to develop data security and breach notification rules for all businesses that hold consumers&#8217; personal information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/blog\/managing-cyber-security-threats-from-inside\/secworld-cybercrime5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14636\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14636\" title=\"secworld-cybercrime5\" src=\"https:\/\/otava.test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/secworld-cybercrime5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infosecurity-magazine.com\/view\/36738\/senators-introduce-bill-to-protect-against-data-breaches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">story at InfoSecurity.com:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The dual thrust of the legislation is that the FTC should issue obligatory security standards for the protection of personal information, and that breached organizations should be required to notify customers if ever and whenever that data is compromised. Different states currently have different breach notification requirements, and this new bill would appear to be an attempt to consolidate them into a single federal law.<\/p>\n<p>Under the proposal, businesses would receive &#8220;incentives to adopt state of the art technologies [such as <a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/blog\/introducing-online-techs-encrypted-enterprise-class-clouds\/\">encryption<\/a>] that would render consumer electronic data unreadable or unusable in the case of a breach.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Executives from Target and Nieman Marcus appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday to discuss the future of retail technology.<\/p>\n<p>Target CFO John J. Mulligan apologized at the beginning of the session: \u201cI want to say how deeply sorry we are for the impact this incident has had on our guests \u2013 your constituents. We will learn from this incident and, as a result, we hope to make Target, and our industry, more secure for customers in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) widened their data breach probe Tuesday by sending letters to more companies that announced they may have been the victim of hackers &#8212; Yahoo, Michaels and White Lodging. <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/hillicon-valley\/technology\/197493-senate-dems-expand-data-breach-probe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to The Hill<\/a>, they asked for briefings about the extent of attacks and how the companies are responding.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe have been advocates for data security and breach notification legislation that would better protect consumers and improve corporate responsibility,\u201d the two wrote. \u201cThe recent data security incidents that have affected major corporations\u2026demonstrate the need for such federal legislation.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy said strong data security protections are necessary to ensure consumers trust companies processing their data. The country\u2019s economy is \u201cslowly recovering,\u201d he said <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/hillicon-valley\/technology\/197448-senate-dems-push-data-security-standards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to The Hill<\/a>, \u201cbut without that credibility, we can\u2019t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reacting to major data breaches at major retail outlets, including Target and Nieman Marcus, US senators recently introduced the Data Security and Breach Notification Act, calling on the Federal Trade Commission to develop data security and breach notification rules for all businesses that hold consumers&#8217; personal information. According to a story at InfoSecurity.com: The dual thrust of the legislation is that the FTC should issue obligatory security standards for the protection of personal information, and that breached organizations should be required to notify customers if ever and whenever that data is compromised. Different states currently have different breach notification requirements, and this new bill would appear to be an attempt to consolidate them into a single federal law. Under the proposal, businesses would receive &#8220;incentives to adopt state of the art technologies [such as encryption] that would render consumer electronic data unreadable or unusable in the case of a breach.&#8221; Executives from Target and Nieman Marcus appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday to discuss the future of retail technology. Target CFO John J. 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