SCORE (Counselors to American's Small Businesses) is launching a series of Webinars to help small businesses across the country with pertinent topics and a convenient way to get the information (Webinar).
SCORE announces Webinars on ID Theft and Business:
Webinars 10/14/08 (10am - 11am) or 11/13 (9 am - 10 am)
How Identity Theft Can Impact Your Business
ID Theft and Business Educational Webinar
To register:
http://www.scoredenver.org/ then click Web Casts.
51% of ID Theft comes from Businesses. What are you doing to minimize your risks of Identity Theft for your employees and your clients/customers? What are you doing to comply with FACTA, HIPAA and GLB (alphabet soup to most business owners)? Could your business survive the sheer costs, fines and time involved with a data compromise or breech?
Home-based businesses, small businesses and especially large businesses need to do proactive things to protect the information they keep on their clients and employees.
Why should you care:
Consider the costs of the
Internal Investigation (cybercrime consulting and attorney fees),
Notification/Crisis Management (customer notification, call center support, crisis management consulting, media management), and
Regulatory/Compliance (credit monitoring for affected customers, regulatory investigation defense, State/Federal fines or fees). This
does not include any civil lawsuits. Current class action suits are seeking damages of $1,000-$21,000 per person.
1000 records = average cost $166,272
2000 records = average cost $332,544
5000 records = average cost $831,360
Visit
http://www.tech-404.com/calculator.html to run your numbers for your business.
You will learn:
-Types of Identity Theft: financial, criminal, medical, social security and driver's license.
-Privacy laws and resulting fines.
-How ID thieves get the information.
- Proactive steps every business should do.
- Recommended components to create an Affirmative Defense.
- How to comparison shop ID Theft Services.
FREE to attendees:
- Questionnaire to help you evaluate your current situation
- Series of articles on ID Theft written by Susan Trost, CITRMS (focused more on protecting yourself and family)
- White paper on Businesses and ID Theft written by an attorney
- Opportunity to do a Free Business Risk Assessment specific to ID Theft. Generates a report that can be used as a launching point to working with your attorney and business consultants.
Susan Trost is a Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist and a Registered Health Information Administrator. She has been educating consumers and businesses about ID Theft and has appeared on various radio shows and even a PBS interview on ID Theft. Her diverse background has always focused on protecting information. Positions held include Director of Health Information ,Manager of Data Quality Assurance, Consultant, Systems Analyst, Tester, Trainer and Insurance Agent. Her company is Advantage Solutions, LLC. She is also an Independent Associate with Pre-Paid Legal Services and offers a variety of small business, family and specialty legal plans and the Identity Theft Shield to help people grow and protect their businesses and families. She can offer the Affirmative Defense Response System, which is another way employers can try to minimize their risk. 303-663-2952 or 1-888-333-4032
susantrost@prepaidlegal.com