Protecting Your Business Against The Single Greatest Threat of the 21st Century

Business Identity Theft and Fraud Protection

Every business now must meet minimum

information security and privacy standards

Every day criminals attack businesses. According to research small and mid-sized businesses are the prime targets for crime especially identity theft and fraud. The shift to smaller businesses is occurring because criminals realize that smaller businesses don’t have the resources to properly protect proprietary information.

Millions of people have their identities stolen each year through businesses and organizations where they shop or work.

Over 330,000,000 personal records have been stolen or lost from businesses and organizations since 2005. (Privacy Rights Clearinghouse)

Over 55% of people in the U.S. Have already had their personal information stolen or lost through both small and large businesses. (Privacy Rights Clearinghouse)

Over $100 million has recently been stolen from small businesses by cyber-thieves in a single nationwide hacking scheme. (FBI)

85 % of payment card breaches occur at small businesses

81 % of organizations subject to PCI standards have not been found compliant prior to the breach

83 % of attacks were not highly difficult to perform

Businesses and organizations of all sizes and types are now required to protect the personal information they collect in the normal course of business.

Federal Laws

Red Flag Rules, GLBA, HIPAA

State Laws

48 states now have data security breach and identity theft and fraud prevention laws for businesses

Industry regulations

PCI standards and compliance for credit card fraud

General Rule: If you collect, use, transmit, or store personal or financial information about your customers, members, or employees, you must comply with several laws and regulations including PCI standards and Red Flag compliance.

Businesses who do not meet minimum standards for information security face steep fines and penalties!

Federal fines up to $3,500 per customer record stolen or lost. Owners, officers personally liable up to $10,000 per violation

State Fines up to $5,000 per customer record stolen or lost. (depending on each state)

Credit card company penalties up to $10,000 on first violation for no implementing required safeguards.

Civil penalties up to $500,000 for failure to safeguard, keep private, properly dispose of personal or financial customer information.

Criminal Penalties including jail time for reckless or negligent disclosure of personal information.

What is your responsibility?

You must properly protect all customer and employee information against identity theft and fraud

You must implement and follow specific standards for information security as required in federal, state and PCI standards and regulations.

Achieving and maintaining compliance in all phases of your business can take a lot of time and cost a ton of money. Businesses can spend hundreds of hours working to get up to the PCI standards, Red Flag compliance and other regulations. One of the challenges is you never know for sure whether you have reached an acceptable level of compliance. There’s no real test that you take and pass with the exception of PCI standards and compliance and even that can be confusing.

What steps should you take to get your business compliant?

The first step centers around which federal, state and PCI standards and compliance regulations you need to comply. You’ll have to do a lot of reading and studying to make sure you are on top of it. You can start by visiting www.completeinternetprotection.com stuffed full of the latest information on PCI standards, Red Flags compliance, other federal and state regulations, and the latest on cybercrime, identity theft and fraud.

The next step is setting up an ongoing compliance system that meets or exceeds PCI standards, Red Flag compliance and other regulations . It will, first get you into compliance and then, keep you compliant year in and year out?

Compliance:

Confusing

Expensive

Challenging

Now, there is a service that makes it easy and affordable to stay compliant with all major privacy and security regulations - and helps you protect your business, employees, and customers from being victimized by cybercrime, identity theft and fraud.

Get Compliant with the law and PCI standards
Prevent penalties, fines, security breaches
Increase customer confidence and sales
Save valuable time and money

You can be confident that you are compliant with industry standards and best practices for information privacy and security.

Not only will you avoid the hefty fines and penalties that come with not properly protecting customer information, you’ll also boost customer confidence and sales by promoting privacy, safety and trust.

How It Works:

Sign up. Your organization enrolls in the program
Compliance Makeover - We conduct a complete initial assessment, checkup and implementation of all required technical and administrative safeguards including PCI standards and Red Flag compliance.
Onsite Implementation - You implement recommended administrative safeguards that must be done by you onsite.
Certification - You receive your certification and seal. Display your seal on your website, business cards, and business locations where your customers can see.
Ongoing Compliance - We ensure ongoing compliance and certification with regular compliance checkups, legal updates, and more.

Now you can determine whether you need to comply with the PCI standards, Red Flag compliance or any of the information security regulations and protect against identity theft and fraud. Simply answer an easy ten question survey.

This is a simple easy way to determine your needs for PCI standards, Red Flags compliance and other information security regulations. Get your survey now before it is too late!

Are you compliant?
Do you need to be compliant?
What do you need to do to be compliant?

Privacy Notice: You have my word and promise that your information will never be sold, leased, rented, or distributed. I will treat your valued information as if it were my own. I value your privacy as much as my own. Rest assured you are submitting your information in confidence.

PCI Standards and Red Flag Compliance