Security Breaches Escalate Security Requirements For Software Companies
Written on June 30th, 2009 by SimonThe legal requirements for software companies servicing the financial or healthcare industries as well as the Global 2000 keep mounting. We are all familiar with intellectual property protection and why it’s necessary but current concerns for fraud and the release of confidential data keep escalating.
Due to the highly publicized breaches of credit card and social security information like T.J. Maxx and others, both government agencies and companies that are sensitive to data breaches (pretty much everyone today over a certain size but certainly institutions in the financial, e-discovery and health care areas) keep adding greater and greater safeguards.


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