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At Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, hackers infiltrated the school’s database using an international IP address and came away with the personal information of 125,000 people who applied for classes over the past eight years. This personal information included names, dates of birth, race, contact information and social security numbers.
Although once the breach was realized, the school quickly shut down the site and called the FBI, that information was stolen. Who knows what exactly it will be used for? The story brings attention to the fact of how valuable personal data is and what hackers will do to get it. And once an infiltration does take place, it hurts both the consumer and the organization.
That’s because of the issue of trust. When people give away their information to an organization or business, they are doing so with the understanding that this information will be secure. Once it isn’t, trust is lost and the organization will have unhappy customers. That’s why standards like HIPPA and other leading organizations have such strict standards when it comes to information security.
If you’re looking for an information security solution for your organization or business to prevent a hacking and subsequent consumer outrage, there are ways to go about it. Here are two key areas to keep in mind:
By being proactive, you should be able to prevent what happened to Kirkwood Community College from happening to you.
James Cash is part of a team of writers and specializes in writing about current news events.
This post was last modified on 20th June 2018 10:58 am
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