Hello everybody! We are almost to the finish line. The important of protecting an individual’s private information
is of the utmost importance when using the digital threat landscape for conducting business. Think about how much information would be available about you if somebody got into
anything that you were associated with online, this can be your social media accounts, your Amazon account, or anything
along the lines of either. The amount of information that we make available online about ourselves is almost enough to commit identity fraud! But sometimes our information is not just limited to the way we personally use the Internet. Think about how much information is provided when it comes to visiting the doctor’s office, our children’s education, or even using a credit card for online purchases. Each of the above mentioned requires multiple fields of very personal sensitive information to be filled in. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is set in in place to protect any personally identifiable health information. This is not only the protection of electronic documents but extends to the paper/oral information as well. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Act (FERPA) grant parent’s certain rights in respect to a child’s
educational records. Both ensure that certain safeguards are in place to protect the privacy of the sensitive information that
the mentioned above deal with. Protection can be but is not limited to required encryption is both rest and in transit, data retention guidelines, etc. To protect a consumers’ financial information, agencies but follow and abide by the Financial Privacy Rule and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). The Financial
Privacy Rule governs how institutions are allowed to collect and disclose a personal financial information. PCI DSS governs
how institutions are allowed to handle financial information such as credit/debit card numbers. Standards to protect
