Data Breaches: 2009 is Another Record Year - Insights from John Scanlon of Intersections

Published: Aug. 5, 2009, 1:10 p.m.

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John Scanlon, a senior executive at Intersections, speaks to data breach readiness and the lessons learned from others\' incidents. Intersections is a business partner of the Identity Theft Assistance Center. Listen to this podcast for Scanlon\'s insights on: \\n\\n

The state of incident response and data breach response in the financial services industry;
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What is data breach readiness and why it\'s not admitting defeat by being ready;
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The seven steps of data breach readiness.
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John Scanlon is executive vice president and chief operating officer at Intersections, a consumer and corporate identity risk management services company based in Virginia. He previously held a number of positions at financial services companies including Capital One Financial Corp. and JP Morgan & Co.'