Protecting Your Data is More Then a Good Idea - It's the Law

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William Heller


Program Track:
Straight Talk

Program Duration:
25 Minutes  



Value Category: Best practices
Key Issues: Why is it imperative for IT and HR to work together to protect confidential information? How does a company effectively protect its own assets? How do you make sure you’re not losing your data to competitors? What are the newly enacted statutes that require companies to notify their customers if personal information has been accessed without authorization? Why are temporary workers, contractors, and outsource firms be a potential data security risk?
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You cannot run a business without data. But with all the information that companies collect comes responsibility as well. Many organizations are already examining what steps they must take to protect confidential information, whether it is their own proprietary data or their customers’ personal information. In this program William Heller, partner in the law firm of McCarter & English LLP, explains why protecting confidential information is no longer optional for your organization.

In this program you will learn about:

~Why it is critical to keep the lines of communication open between IT and the HR teams to protect confidential information

~How a company should protect its own assets and how to make sure that you’re not losing your data to competitors

~Newly enacted statutes that require companies to notify their customers if personal information has been accessed without authorization.

~How data breaches may imply a lack of compliance under
Sarbanes-Oxley, and;

~How temporary workers, contractors, and outsource firms can become a potential data security risk

PROGRAM TOPICS:

  • WATCHIT PROGRAMS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • VALUE-ADDED RESOURCES INCLUDED WITH THIS PROGRAM
  • INTERVIEW WITH WILLIAM HELLER
  • IT must communicate with HR
  • How does a company protect its own assets?
  • Privacy Legislation
  • Sarbanes-Oxley Act
  • Temporary workers and contractors
  • Outsource Firms
  • VALUE-ADDED RESOURCES INCLUDED WITH THIS PROGRAM

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    Videotape, CD-ROM, Internet, Intranet

    Presenter:

    William Heller
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