Good old fashion paper is often overlooked as a potential source of a data breach. This is a big mistake because personally identifiable information is just as likely to be found in hard copy as it is electronically.  This was the case when a three ring binder containing the names, phone numbers and health information of 1,272 patients was stolen from a car belonging to a hospital case manager in San Antonio. 

Preventing a data breach begins with creating and maintaining an accurate personal data inventory. But most companies’ attempts to create an inventory are doomed from the start because they are too high level and fail to identify the discrete business processes that contain, access or move personally identifiable information.  

When Jordan Lawrence builds a personal data inventory, we leverage benchmarked industry and job function based profiles that ensure the inventory identifies what really matters.  Finding social security numbers in a database in a highly secure server is important but knowing patient information is maintained in a 3 ring binder that leaves the facility is how you prevent a breach. If you’re looking for a fast and accurate way to create and maintain an exceptional personal data inventory, then we should talk.