Self-Protection Opens Doors to Data Security Compliance Amnesty

Amnesty has a lot of interesting connotations, from an official legislative act by which recognized authorities restore legal remembrance of an offense to the annual “amnesty week” a local public library hosts for those who may have forgotten to return those books on memory loss checked out six months earlier. Ironically, amnesty stems from the Greek word for oblivion, amnestia, which also serves as the root word for amnesia.

Lest we forget the importance of data security, there has been some recent public discussion of how the process of putting technology and best practices in place to protect corporate data can bring a sort of amnesty for practitioners of businesses that may fall victim to insider or outsider data security threats.

Much is written about the vulnerabilities of corporate networks and individual hardware units that contain considerable confidential information about a company’s workings, its personnel and strategies, as well as its customers. Yet seldom is it covered that some forward-thinking corporation that took all the proper steps to stop a data breach is absolved of regulatory or civil penalties when a malicious employee snatches a million customer names with a portable device and walks out the door with every intent of cheating and perhaps financially crippling the employer.

A recent article in Insurance Networking noted that laws such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act have raised the profiles of audits as corporations strive for full compliance. Having a third-party auditor attest that insurers and other companies are doing things correctly gives executives confidence that they have appropriate best practices in place, the article attested.

In other words, when it comes to mandated rules of compliance, confidence comes from being able to prove that your company is abiding by the required laws, statutes and other regulations of your industry. Redemtech believes the best way to prove compliance is to secure the services of an expert that can provide audits and tracking of computer equipment throughout the life cycle.

Data security compliance has become extremely important to corporations in recent years as the number of mandates increases. And unfortunately, the number of large-scale data breaches continues to grow as well. Today, businesses must prove that they are indeed doing all they can to protect data that could compromise their operations and customers if breached. Self-protection can mean amnesty if the worst case scenario occurs.