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PII and PIFI data privacy and retention


Data privacy has become a vital task for IT security staffs in financial services, in light of the many data breaches that have made the news. Find resources on personally identifiable information (PII) and financial information (PIFI) and learn about controls for data sources, archiving, and indexing.
IN THIS TOPIC:  EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE (7) , NEWS (3) , DEFINITIONS (2)

  EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 7
Security benefits of virtual desktop infrastructures
30 Oct 2009
TIP - Learn the security benefits of virtualized desktops and virtual workspace projects, including malware-resistant software configurations and enhanced data loss prevention.
Winning the war: Personal information protection
12 Jun 2009
TIP - With so many records containing personal information lost in data breaches, we have lost the battle to protect PII, argues George Tubin of TowerGroup.
Tokenization and PCI compliance
04 May 2009
TIP - A relatively new technology promises to ease the burden of protecting sensitive data. Ed Moyle explains how tokenization works and how it can help with PCI compliance.
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  NEWS: 1 - 3 of 3
Bank computer technician indicted in identity theft scheme
SearchFinancialSecurity.com | 30 Oct 2009
ARTICLE - New York technician stole the identities of more than 150 bank employees and victimized charities in a $1.1 million fraud scam
TD Ameritrade database hacked, customer data stolen
SearchSecurity.com | 14 Sep 2007
ARTICLE - Hackers stole data including customer names, addresses and phone numbers from the online broker's database.
Implementing and enforcing a corporate retention policy
SearchFinancialSecurity.com | 17 Jan 2008
INTERVIEW - Security management expert Mike Rothman discusses best practices for implementing a successful retention policy within an enterprise.
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  DEFINITIONS: 1 - 2 of 2
personally identifiable financial information
17 Jan 2008
WORD - Personally identifiable financial information (PIFI) is any type of personally identifiable information (PII) that is linked to that person's finances. A credit card number is a prime example of PIFI.
personally identifiable information
17 Jan 2008
WORD - Personally identifiable information (PII) is any data about an individual that could, potentially identify that person, such as a name, fingerprints or other biometric data, email address, street address, telephone number or ...
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SEE ALSO - Topics Related to PII and PIFI data privacy and retention: 
Data breaches and prevention strategies, Data encryption techniques, Data classification methods and guidelines, Secure data disposal and destruction



Expert PII and PIFI data privacy and retention Advice for Financial Security Professionals

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