Employers unprepared for 401(k) plan data breaches
Foreign hackers are learning that $5.3 trillion of retirement plan assets are ready for the taking, leaving plan sponsors and participants susceptible to theft.
Cyber Security
Benefits Think Employers can play a role in employee data breaches and identity theft
Restoration services can help your employees save time and trouble when their ID has been compromised.
Dennis Healy
ARAG
Benefits Think Why cyberattacks make a compelling case for auto-portability
The fewer systems where a 401(k) participant has an active account, the less likely that employee’s sensitive data will be compromised.
Spencer Williams
Portability Services Network and Retirement Clearinghouse
How employers can protect themselves from hacks
Attorneys at law firm EBG discuss the impact of cybersecurity threats, what HR departments should do and the importance of safeguarding benefits information.
Why plan sponsors need to prioritize cyber security
When breaches occur, regulatory ramifications can be as complex as the reputational damage to all parties involved will be great.
Why plan sponsors need to prioritize cyber security
When breaches occur, regulatory ramifications can be as complex as the reputational damage to all parties involved will be great.
Benefits Think 5 ways to protect sensitive employee health information
Advisers and clients should take extra measures, such as holding training events, to safeguard data from a cyber breach.
John Farley
HUB International
Most cyber risks traced to employee actions
Employers should help improve security measures, Willis Towers Watson research finds.
Most cyber risks traced to employee actions
Security measures, such as improved staff training, need to be stronger, Willis Towers Watson research shows.
Benefits Think How cybersecurity threats are affecting retirement plans
With protocols already in place to comply with HIPAA’s requirements, plan sponsors are focusing on 401(k) data.
Eugene S. Griggs
Poyner Spruill LLP
Benefits Think How cybersecurity threats are affecting retirement plans
With protocols already in place to comply with HIPAA’s requirements on protected health information, plan sponsors are focusing on employee 401(k) data.
Eugene S. Griggs
Poyner Spruill LLP
10 tips to avoid cyber attacks
Business owners and managers must understand the risks and ramifications for not having a security plan in place.
Benefits Think Avoid being the next target for a HIPAA breach
The Office for Civil Rights will begin investigating breaches or protected health information that affect less than 500 individuals, says attorney Sheryl Feutz-Harter.
Sheryl Feutz-Harter
Bryan Cave LLP
Why advisers must care that 4-in-10 employees would sell their password for less than $1K
When it comes to workplace security and identity protection, employers are increasingly turning to their brokers for solutions, says EZ Shield’s Angela Murphy.
Are benefit advisers ripe for the next big hack attack?
After high profile breaches at Sony, Target and Yahoo, the next victims could be the insurance community. The target: employee Social Security numbers.
Benefits Think Cybersecurity and the role of ERISA fiduciaries
Fiduciaries who do not follow security standards may be personally liable to restore losses to plan participant benefits.
Christy Richardson
Pillsbury
Healthcare a prime target as ransomware threat widens
As payoffs grow, hackers are mounting more sophisticated attacks, and threats are increasingly pernicious, says FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez.
Benefits Think 6 tips for advisers to keep data secure
Technology has opened brokers up to liabilities and compliance nightmares through data breaches, hackers, and other cyber security risks.
Mike de Waal
Global IQX
Benefits Think Why employers should care about cybersecurity
Plan sponsors would be wise to ask their healthcare vendors if they have insurance policies in place to cover data breaches and other risks, according to USI’s Paul King.
Paul King
USI
Benefits Think Why employers should care about cybersecurity
Plan sponsors would be wise to ask their healthcare vendors if they have insurance policies in place to cover data breaches and other risks, according to USI’s Paul King.
Paul King
USI