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(article) Asia Needs Stronger Data Breach Laws
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:56:28 +0000 (UTC)
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/sep2007/gb20070928_955377.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_global+business Governments in Asia need stronger data breach laws to ensure businesses improve the security of their customer data, according to a senior CA executive. Jerry Cox, CA's director of security sales for the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan, said in an interview: "Strong laws would force a company to disclose security breaches often involving the loss of customer data." This, Cox explained, would protect the people whose data was compromised. Strong data breach laws will also ensure companies take data security more seriously, especially if there are penalties in the form of monetary fines, or risks of reputation damage due to public disclosure. According to Cox, Japan and Korea are ahead of most parts of Southern Asia in establishing such laws. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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