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Re: Universities riskiest place for SSN
From: Brad Judy <win-hied () BRADJUDY COM>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 14:29:51 -0500
Yes, this is basically a list of the industries that ask for your SSN (government, healthcare, finance and education). I can only guess that some of the other "technology companies" refers to folks like AT&T who collected SSNs for credit checks on cell phone customers and had a breach, or perhaps data brokerage companies. The topic ten list looks like an expansion of the Privacy Clearinghouse's seven industry categories, removing retail (mostly credit card breaches) and splitting government and healthcare into multiple categories. Brad Judy Emory University -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Martin Manjak Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 1:19 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Universities riskiest place for SSN I'd like to see the list of the safest places. Looking through the list, there don't appear to be any. Marty On 11/8/2010 1:12 PM, Allison F Dolan wrote:
Interesting list of risky places to give your SSN - higher ed is #1 http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/111238/10-riskiest- places-to-give-your-social-security-number?mod=bb-budgeting Despite the somewhat sensationalist headline, the advice for protecting SSN is pretty good. ......Allison Dolan (617-252-1461)
-- Martin Manjak Information Security Officer University at Albany CISSP, GSEC, GCWN "What information consumes...is the attention of its recipients." Herbert Simon, 1971
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