With Home Depot's latest corporate hacking still making headlines in the wake of millions of customers' credit card information being compromised, increased attention has once again turned to best practices in keeping client and customer data safe.
Experts will tell you that the sad truth is, if a skilled data thief wants your organization's information badly enough, chances are he's eventually going to find a way to get it. But that doesn't mean you have to make it easy for them.
Click through to learn 10 helpful ways to prevent a data breach, courtesy of Hartford Steam Boiler (HSB) and Trail of Bits.
1. Outsource payment processing. Avoid handling card data on your own. Reputable vendors, whether it's for Point-of-Sale or web payments, have dedicated security staff that can protect that data better than you can.
2. Separate social media from financial activity. Use a dedicated device for online banking. Use a different device for email and social media. Otherwise, just visiting one infected social site could compromise your banking machine and your savings account.
3. Think beyond passwords. Never reuse them and don't trust any website to store them securely. You can never tell when a website has already been hacked and your password has been exposed. Set up a two-factor authentication; this sends a secret code to your phone verifying your identity.
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Shawn Moynihan
Shawn Moynihan is Editor-in-Chief of National Underwriter Property & Casualty. A St. John’s University alum, Moynihan has earned 11 Jesse H. Neal Awards, the Pulitzers of the business press; seven Azbee Awards, from the American Society of Business Press Editors; two Folio Awards; and a SABEW award, from the Society of American Business Editors & Writers. Prior to joining ALM, he served as Managing Editor/Online Editor of journalism institution Editor & Publisher, the trade bible of the newspaper industry. Moynihan also has held editorial positions with AOL, Metro New York, and Newhouse Newspapers. He can be reached at [email protected].
