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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
Rotary Club of Nassau President Dotty Rae (right), thanked fellow Rotarian, Chris Sawyer of Sunryse Information Management for addressing the club on information Protection in a digital world.
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'A Tangled Web' Rotary Talk Addresses Email Leaks, Panama Papers and
Information Protection In a Digital Era
Nassau, Bahamas, May 17, 2016—Rotary Club of Nassau recently welcomed fellow Rotarian, Chris Sawyer for an eye-opening discussion on information protection in a digital era. The Managing Director at Sunryse Information Management and member of Rotary Club of West Nassau, has spent the past 16 years providing companies with solutions to reduce the risk of security breaches.
With recent attention on the disclosure of private emails in the public domain and the global implications of the Panama Papers, Sawyer noted that organizations managing client information on loan applications, medical charts or insurance files must have proper systems to protect confidential data.
“There’s no denying that we live in an age where information travels in an instant. It takes mere seconds to screen shot a private conversation or take a photo of an important file and send it around the world with the click of a button,” he said. “Companies are now realizing the importance of guarding data, not only as a sign of good business but also as a way to protect their own organizations against liability.”
He outlined three ways corporations could begin to reduce their risk of exposure. “The first is understanding how is your information being processed then knowing who has the right to access this information and finally determining what happens when sensitive information reaches the public domain.”
Action steps like determining if your organization is PCI (Payment Card Industry) Compliant and equipped to safely process credit card transactions, establishing clean desk policies or eliminating jump drive access at PC terminals can significantly reduce breaches.
Rotarian and Managing Director of Sunryse Information Management, Chris Sawyer, addressing Rotary Club of Nassau on the information Protection in a digital world. Sawyer is a member of Rotary Club of West Nassau,
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“Sawyer noted that while technology exists to restrict access to information gathered electronically, many companies still rely on hard paper trails. “Collected data often moves from active files on a desk to unsecure storage spaces with limited tracking on who has access to files. Shredding documents, using secure storage solutions or managing files digitally over a protected server can solve these issues.”
Club members walked away with a better understanding of the risks associated with collecting confidential data. They were urged to evaluate their current systems to determine the potential for internal or external breaches, seek help to prepare an action plan and raise staff awareness of the internal ramifications of a breech and the legal consequences of such actions.
When unintended information is made public, it’s not only a source of poor public relations for an organization, but it also chips away at a company’s credibility in the market,” Sawyer explained. “The good news is there is a greater level of awareness and the technology and local expertise to minimize the risk of exposure and we are moving in the right direction.”
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