http://clientinformationsecurity.com Helping Organizations Protect Private Client Data Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:39:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The vast majority of insurance agencies do not have any insurance coverage for reimbursement of the costs incurred due to a client data breach. Here are just a few of the reasons why a Network Security and Privacy (NSAP) policy makes sense for insurance agencies: Coverage for data and other non-physical ... http://clientinformationsecurity.com/2010/06/insurance-for-data-breach-expenses/ Seattle is the most dangerous city in the U.S. when it comes to cybercrime, at least according to Symantec in a report issues in March 2010. The Northwest sported two of the top 10, with Portland, Ore., ranked No. 10 in the list of the nation's 50 largest metro areas. Rounding ... http://clientinformationsecurity.com/2010/06/riskiest-us-cities-for-cybercrime/ One of the more difficult things in an agency is managing all of the users IDs and passwords required by various insurance companies. When you have a different user ID and password for each carrier, banking, news, airline and entertainment Web site you visit, it’s easy to forget the magic ... http://clientinformationsecurity.com/2010/06/roboform/ Digital copiers built since 2002 contain hard drives that store images of every document copied or scanned. Many of the stored documents include confidential data, leaving individuals vulnerable to identify theft if no safeguards are in place. During a CBS News investigation in April 2010 an expert downloaded tens of thousands ... http://clientinformationsecurity.com/2010/06/digital-copiers-are-a-security-risk/ Colorado Casualty Insurance company is seeking a judicial ruling that it is not obligated to pay for costs incurred by the University of Utah in 2008 as a result of a client information breach. On or about June 1, 2008 car burglars stole back-up tapes from the personal car of a ... http://clientinformationsecurity.com/2010/06/colorado-casualty/ Stroz Friedberg is a consulting firm that does computer forensics, mobile phone forensics, electronic discovery and cyber crime response, operating at the intersection of law, technology and behavioral sciences. In this Insurance Journal interview David Garrett, managing director of Stroz Friedberg’s San Francisco office, explains why clients may or may ... http://clientinformationsecurity.com/2010/06/cyber-breaks-insurance-data-breach-response-advice/ The FTC announced in a press release on Friday May 28 that they would postpone enforcement of the Identity Theft Red Flags Rule. “At the request of several Members of Congress, the Federal Trade Commission is further delaying enforcement of the “Red Flags” Rule through December 31, 2010, ... http://clientinformationsecurity.com/2010/06/ftc-extends-deadline-for-red-flags-rule/ Connecticut AG files First HITECH Act Law Suit In the first lawsuit to invoke the new provisions of the HITECH Act, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal filed a lawsuit against Health Net for violating HIPAA requirements. Here is the actual complaint: CT Complaint Against HealthNet The lawsuit was filed on January 13, ... http://clientinformationsecurity.com/2010/03/a-new-era-in-hipaa-enforcement-has-begun/ In this short interview, Jack Burke from Audio Insurance Outlook talks with Steve Anderson about two important topics: the importance of selecting the very best agency management system for your agency and why client information security will be a hot topic for agencies in the next couple of years and ... http://clientinformationsecurity.com/2010/03/steve-anderson-on-system-selection-data-security/ During the past two weeks, significant progress has been made in BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee’s continuing auditing, identifying and notification efforts of members affected by the Eastgate hard drive theft. As of January 19, 2010, 220,000 current and former members have been identified and 211,253 notifications have ... http://clientinformationsecurity.com/2010/02/blue-cross-eastgate-hard-drive-theft-update/