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Non-sensitive PII + Sensitive PII = Sensitive PII

2021-04-30/0 Comments/in Featured, Privacy/by Kellep Charles

Non-Sensitive PII together combined with Sensitive PII = Sensitive PII

The Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve: A National Guard-like program to address growing cybersecurity vulnerabilities faced by the U.S. government

2021-04-30/0 Comments/in Featured, General Security/by Kellep Charles

This would be like a Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve and it would be voluntary and by invitation only. This would allow our national security agencies to have access to the qualified, capable, and service-oriented American talent necessary to respond when an attack occurs.

Non-sensitive PII + Sensitive PII = Sensitive PII

2021-04-30/0 Comments/in Featured, Privacy/by Kellep Charles

Non-Sensitive PII together combined with Sensitive PII = Sensitive PII

The Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve: A National Guard-like program to address growing cybersecurity vulnerabilities faced by the U.S. government

2021-04-30/0 Comments/in Featured, General Security/by Kellep Charles

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Non-sensitive PII + Sensitive PII = Sensitive PII

2021-04-30/0 Comments/in Featured, Privacy/by Kellep Charles

Non-sensitive PII refers to any information that is publicly available. If any of the information is combined with sensitive PII, then it would become sensitive PII. Some Examples of Non-sensitive PII are:

Work phone #
Work fax #
Work email address
Work location

Sensitive PII is personally identifiable information, which if lost, compromised, or disclosed without authorization, could result in substantial harm, embarrassment, inconvenience, or unfairness to an individual. A person’s name in combination with any one of the following:

Email Address
Home telephone number
Place of birth
Date of birth
Driver’s license number
Mother’s maiden name
Passport number
Financial, medical, or criminal records
Biometrics (such as DNA, iris scan, fingerprints)
Financial/bank account numbers
Personal or government account credit or debit card number
Employment information to include ratings, disciplinary actions, performance elements and standards.

Non-Sensitive PII together combined with Sensitive PII = Sensitive PII

Tips for handling PII:

Protect:

Everyone has the responsibility to protect “PII in any form (physical or electronic, sensitive or non-sensitive) from unauthorized disclosure, modification, or destruction in order to ensure its confidentiality, integrity, and availability.”

Destroy:

PII that is no longer needed should be destroyed in order to reduce risk to your organization (follow record retention schedules).

Disclosure:

You should only share sensitive personal information to authorized individuals. If you have doubts about sharing sensitive data, consult with your supervisor or Privacy Manager.

The Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve: A National Guard-like program to address growing cybersecurity vulnerabilities faced by the U.S. government

2021-04-30/0 Comments/in Featured, General Security/by Kellep Charles

The SolarWinds cyberattack as well as other recent cyber breaches targeted at the United States has demonstrate the risks of the cyber workforce shortage. Researchers at Cybersecurity Ventures a trusted source for cybersecurity facts, figures, and statistics stated there is currently 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs globally, which is enough to fill 50 NFL stadiums. In the US alone according to cybersecurity research groups, there are an estimated 315,000 unfilled cybersecurity positions.

As cybersecurity threats and attacks continue to grow in scale, occurrence, and complexity, it’s critical that a solution to address the deficiency is put in place. Unfortunately, the pipeline of security talent isn’t where it needs to be to help curb the widespread of cyber-crimes we are facing. Until we can rectify the quality of education and training of new cyber practitioners and pursue inclusion using STEM programs to include underrepresented groups, the problem will persist.

In fact, in the past few years there has been a zero-percent unemployment rate in cybersecurity and the opportunities in this field are vast.

To help combat this problem, lawmakers want to create a National Guard-like program to address growing cybersecurity vulnerabilities faced by the U.S. government. This would be like a Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve and it would be voluntary and by invitation only. This would allow our national security agencies to have access to the qualified, capable, and service-oriented American talent necessary to respond when an attack occurs.

What are your thoughts in this program? Do you think it is a good idea and it can help with the overall issue? Please share your opinion.