You Company/Business Should Have a Data Breach Plan
Tuesday, October 29th, 2019 -- 7:32 AM
(WRN) -It's not a matter of if your company will face a data breach, it's when; and state officials say you need to be ready with a plan.It's not a matter of if your company will face a data breach, it's when and state officials say you need to be ready with a plan. State consumer protection administrator Lara Sutherlin says part of any response to a data breach needs to be disclosure to consumer protection agencies.
"DATCP can always help people who've been exposed to a data breach, the FTC can help, regulators can be a partner in trying to figure out what happened."
Sutherlin says responsibly handling a data breach requires two main parts.
"Make sure you're doing everything you can to shut down further information from being released from your business, and that the people that may have been exposed are quickly notified and can act on that information."
Sutherlin says the two major steps in handling any data breach is to cut off access to that information, and then follow through on responsible notifications.
"So have a place in place if you do get exposed to a data breach: to notify your consumers, to notify regulators, to notify law enforcement."
The state division of consumer protection can help you and your business plan for data breaches, and to recover from one. You can find out more online at D A T C P dot W I dot Gov.
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