Are You Compliant?

If you're in business, you'd be wise to make information security an important part of it. Not only is it smart to be responsible and to protect against cyber-crime and ID theft, but properly managing your security and your computer systems can make you more productive and save valuable time and money.

It's everyone's responsibility to do what they can to fight identity theft and consumer fraud. But with current laws and regulations requiring the protection of customer information, businesses, and organizations now bear the biggest liability and the greatest monetary damage from identity theft and fraud.

If you collect, use, transmit, or store information about your customers or members, you must comply with these laws and regulations. And while not every law or regulation is applicable to every business, every business must meet minimum standards of information security, or face steep fines, penalties and even civil action against them in the event customer or employee information is leaked, lost or stolen.

Here are some questions you need to be asking:

• Does your business meet the security standards and requirements for virtually every federal, state, and industry law and regulation mandating the protection of customer and employee information?
  
  
• Does it have the potential for big penalties and fines for negligence and non-compliance? If so, what can you do to prevent it?
  
  
• Does it have comprehensive technical and administrative safeguards required to keep out hackers and identity thieves?
  
  
• Does the bank accounts, private information, and trade secrets of your business have maximum protection?
  
  
• Is your business increasing referrals and sales by increasing trust and loyalty with its customers?
  
  
• Does your business protect the personal information of its employees from would-be thieves?
  
  
• Does your business protect the information of its customers from identity theft and fraud?
  
  
• Is the image and customer goodwill of your business protected from security breaches?

How much at risk are you right now? Find out now. Click to "Free Business Scorecard" in the right column under Are You Compliant?