Survey: Half of Businesses don’t secure personal data
The personal information you give to businesses may not be as secure as you hope, according to a new survey.
Around 55 percent of all businesses acknowledge that they secure credit card information but not Social Security numbers, bank account details, and other personal data, according to a survey of more than 500 companies released Wednesday by Imperva and Ponemon Institute.
The survey was conducted to determine how many companies are complying with PCI DSS, the Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standard. PCI DSS tries to ensure that businesses take specific measures to secure their Web sites, databases, and other systems that process and store credit card information.
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