Thursday, June 14, 2007

Choicepoint pays...but who benefits?

After this debacle it appears that it will culminate in what constitutes as a pass in the enterprise universe. For more details I refer you to the link to the article below and some of my commentary on the matter.

http://security.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/06/01/choicepoint-to-pay-500000-to-settle-with-43-states-and-dc/

An interesting resolution to an obvious lack of IT controls and governance. Furthermore the settlements and fine allocation is interesting. Why is the FTC receiving $10 million while the states are receiving $500,000 total? What ever happened to the actual customers whose information was carelessly handled? A $5 million dollar redress last year? That's it? Where is the accountability? Without it there is little incentive to improve security when the punishment for inappropriate conduct constitutes a slap on the wrist.


What are your thoughts?


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