Incident Response – 3 Takeaways from the Equifax Breach

The SecureWorld News Team talked with Shawn Tuma about many of the lessons that can be learned from the Equifax data breach and winnowed it down to the following 3 takeaways that are discussed more thoroughly in the article:

1. We need a uniform national breach notification law in the United States.
2. When it comes to data breach response, “[i]t’s not about what you do right, as much as what you do not do wrong.”
3. A mega breach keeps going, and going, and going.

Please take a look at the full article, 3 Things Worth Learning from the Equifax Breach, and let the SecureWorld News Team know what you think on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google+

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Shawn Tuma (@shawnetuma) is an attorney with an internationally recognized reputation in cybersecurity, computer fraud, and data privacy law. He is a Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Attorney at Scheef & Stone, LLP, a full-service commercial law firm in Texas that represents businesses of all sizes throughout the United States and, through its Mackrell International network, around the world.