Data Exposure Assessment

With information theft in the headlines weekly, the security of a corporation's discarded data is becoming increasingly important. This low-tech crime is sweeping every corporate center in every major city in the world. ChurchStreet has perfected a proven methodology to assess a corporation's vulnerability associated with document disposal. We offer a comprehensive service that can detect information leaks, so corporate management can stop any non-compliance that might expose sensitive information from wastebaskets enterprise wide. ChurchStreet's Data Exposure Assessment is a proactive tool more companies are turning to in an effort to reduce liability and understand potential exposure.

Today in every society, thieves search dumpsters for bits of valuable information. Companies and individuals are falling victim everyday to those seeking to steal personal information, corporate secrets or other bits of valuable discarded data . Corporations are in such competition, they investigate dumpsters for anything that can help them gain a competitive edge. For individuals, loss is at an all time high. It is reported that there were 9.3 million ID theft victims last year, a phenomenal number. Primarily, a company's main focus has been on electronic protection and network security.  However, there has been little effort to thwart release of accidentally discarded information. That's where we come in.

Until now, there has been no known service to measure a corporation's accidental release of critical information. The media exposes accidental exposures weekly, showing whole documents thrown away that clearly reveal damaging information of individuals, as well as corporations. Companies put themselves at risk of fines, lawsuits and embarrassment.

Additionally, with many governmental regulations now in place, document management is extremely vital to the health of all companies. Stiff fines and jail time associated with non-compliance threatens the future of the corporation, as well as the freedom of corporate managers.

ChurchStreet has the solution. Our proactive assessment measures information leaks from within a company. If your employee's practices allow critical information to be discarded, we will discover it, evaluate it, and retrieve it, regardless of the type. We can assess risk in the form of hard copy documents, CD-ROM, microfilm/microfiche, Optical media, or magnetic media.

The following graphic shows some of the basic, but vital information that is routinely released unknowingly by corporations daily.

ChurchStreet's Data Exposure Assessment discovers and retrieves damaging information before it falls into the wrong hands. We monitor the documents discarded from corporate sites to assess the level of risk and compliance at regular intervals. Our specialists investigate the flow of information and make the appropriate recommendations to correct the leaks and tighten the level of protection enterprise wide.

Our assessment service can monitor an entire corporate site, or a single department if it is desired. Accounting, or departments associated with heavy reporting of critical information can be singled out for analysis at any frequency. It may be beneficial to monitor one department weekly, or even daily to maximize protection.

ChurchStreet's team can monitor all sites associated with the parent company. Satellite sites will benefit from our assessment service as well, blanketing the entire enterprise for complete protection.

ChurchStreet's Data Exposure Assessment is a proactive confidential service aimed at allowing a corporation to measure the amount of data exposed to the public. We report directly to corporate management after our assessment and make recommendations that will correct any leaks. We will also review corporate guidelines related to document retention, disposal and destruction to insure the best protection is available.

Here are some key benefits of our Data Exposure Assessment service:

· Assure compliance and avoid fines associated with various governmental regulations, such as: HIPPA, Sarbanes-Oxley, The Patriot Act, The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003,  the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and others.

· Assess risk and vulnerability associated with low-tech crimes, such as: dumpster divers, or bin raiders.

· Prevent unauthorized access of confidential data in all physical forms.

· A proactive, confidential "measuring stick" to understand what type of physical data is leaving the company undetected.

· A measurement of employee compliance. Are they discarding damaging information instead of shredding or retaining it?

· Avoid lawsuits, embarrassment or monetary loss from accidental discards.

· Provide back-up protection related to critical departments for corporate peace of mind.

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Our excellent track record serving global clients gives us the experience needed to assist corporations across many sectors. From New York to Hong Kong, we have provided solutions to empower teams and protect their future.

Please contact us for more information about how we can protect your company from unauthorized and accidental information exposure.