Archive for June, 2010
Lionheart Assurance Solutions Discusses The Need To Protect Personal, Sensitive Data
Lionheart Assurance Solutions
Lionheart Assurance Solutions works with companies to assist in mitigating risks associated with identity theft and to offer employee benefits that can lead to improvements in employee productivity and reductions in lost work time. The nationwide team of consultants first begins by identifying potential areas of need related to how the client company operates their business. One of the things that they often find necessary to discuss with the CEO of the company is the need to protect personal sensitive data. Unless a company has information security checks in place when employees are handling sensitive personal data like social security numbers, the company could be at risk. The possibility exists for data breaches leading to identity theft and potential investigations related to compromised confidential information.
Noting the rise in this type of information leak, Lionheart Assurance Solutions utilizes a two-fold program related to identity theft:
One part of the program is creating a mechanism for employees to have personal identity theft restoration coverage. Through payroll deduction benefits, an employee can purchase round the clock credit monitoring, access to legal counsel, and identity restoration. This gives the employee peace of mind in the event that identity theft does occur.
Another part of the program is assisting in the formation of an ongoing initiative for employers to safeguard employee and customer personal information in the workplace. For example, if someone in human resources were to leave employee files with sensitive information on the desk and leave the room for lunch, anyone entering the office could gain access to that information. Similarly, leaving computer programs unguarded, with no password protection, or leaving file cabinet unlocked, are all ways that sensitive personal data could get in the wrong hands. Careless handling of receipts and log books are other ways personal information can be stolen. By helping a company identify various ways that personal sensitive data is not secured, Lionheart Assurance Solutions provides valuable assistance designed to reduce the likelihood that a company would be found lacking in information security.
Lionheart Assurance Solutions conducts a variety of trainings to raise employee awareness about the many ways identity theft can occur. These training sessions provide an important education for employees and help to safeguard the company itself. The sessions are designed to make those employees who have access to personal information more aware of how to protect that information. With such awareness training and access to innovative employee benefits, employees can get the best coverage available while employers implement the best practices to keep sensitive information confidential.
These identity theft programs are tailored for each company to meet their unique needs and implemented at no direct cost to the client company.