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In this episode, we discuss:
- What actually happened
- How this incident impacted Erik and our family
- We backtrack to *try* to figure out what went wrong here
- Practical takeaways for both consumers and practitioners
- For consumers:
- A reminder to use gift card funds IMMEDIATELY and in a single transaction
- A warning to stay away from making purchases over a public wifi connection; This exposes you to risk in someone seeing that traffic and using that information to go shopping using your money
- For practitioners:
- A reminder to always encrypt data in transit at your organization
- Performing data security assessments for new projects and considering threats to both the company and consumer
- A nudge to proactively implement processes to handle cases of identity theft or fraud at your organization
- For consumers:
Helpful Resources:
- If you are tackling a data security/privacy initiative at your organization and are considering outside help, please reach out! Email me so we can chat about your needs and ways that I can be a resource for you: rocio@cybersecuritybase.com
Photo Credit: Sebastián León Prado @ Unsplash
