Re: Universities riskiest place for SSN

[Brad Judy <win-hied () BRADJUDY COM>]

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

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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)

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Martin Manjak
Information Security Officer
University at Albany
CISSP, GSEC, GCWN

"What information consumes...is the attention of its recipients."
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