new law

On October 1st, 2008 a new law will be enforced in Connecticut.

In a nutshell, every business, nonprofit or other organization that requests private identification numbers

• Social Security numbers


• health insurance numbers


• driver's license numbers


• credit card numbers, etc.

must encrypt them on their systems, limit access to them by employees who are in a need-to-know status, and post a policy on their website, intranet and on employee bulletin boards saying this is their policy.

To download my white paper on ways to implement this law and to protect yourself from most breaches, go to: http://marchalpert.googlepages.com/whitepaper_new_law_in_ct_01oct08.

Please feel free to share with others.

Client seminars

We just held our first, in what I hope will be monthly, free client seminars, in this case for my not-for-profit clients.
The repsonse was great as we filled the room, and the comments were even better, as this one was unsolicited:

Hi Marc,
Thank YOU. The seminar exceeded my expectations. I really did get quite a bit out of it. Thank you for that and for being a pleasure to work with.

I think it encapuslates that we can actually help you in non-monetary ways.
All the best.