Every week there is a news story about a data breach.  This week is no different for 9,500 patients enrolled in New Mexico’s Medicaid program.  The breach occurred when a third party vendor’s car was stolen that contained a laptop with their personal information. 

Most data breaches occur not due to malicious hackers but from the” people breakdowns” and bad business processes.  Knowing where your sensitive information resides on and off your network and the processes for managing that information within your organization and your third party vendors is crucial in preventing potentially costly and devastating data breaches.

Jordan Lawrence’s Privacy Management Services identifies where the “people breakdowns” are, where processes fail and what causes failure.