Identity Finder Promotes Compliance with Mass. 201 CMR 17.00
Standards for the Protection of Personal Information of Residents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Highlights of 201 CMR 17.00
- The provisions of this regulation apply to all persons that own, license, store or maintain personal information about a resident of the Commonwealth.
- Massachusetts consumers must be notified of any breach of their personal information that creates a substantial risk of identity theft or fraud as soon as practicable and without unreasonable delay after a breach occurs.
- Every person that owns, licenses, stores or maintains personal information about a resident of the Commonwealth shall develop, implement, maintain and monitor a comprehensive, written information security program applicable to any records containing such personal information. Such comprehensive information security program shall be reasonably consistent with industry standards, and shall contain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to ensure the security and confidentiality of such records.
How Identity Finder addresses 201 CMR 17.00
- Identifies sensitive data within your organization enabling you to securely encrypt it, delete it, or quarantine it.
- Facilitates regular monitoring and auditing of employee access to personal information allowing you to ensure that the comprehensive information security program is operating in a manner reasonably calculated to prevent unauthorized access to or unauthorized use of personal information.
- Empowers you to develop a security policy for employees who telecommute that takes into account whether and how such employees are allowed to keep, access and transport data containing personal information.
- Helps you enforce secure access control measures that restrict access to records and files containing personal information to those who need such information to perform their job duties.
3 Easy Steps using Identity Finder to Minimize Impact
- Run Identity Finder and find personally identifiable information;
- Shred unnecessary personally identifiable information spread across your network; and
- Protect insecure files using Identity Finder.