California’s SB 1386 law requires a state agency, or a person or business that conducts business in California, that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information, as defined, to disclose in specified ways, any breach of the security of the data, as defined, to any resident of California whose unencrypted personal information was, or is reasonably believed to have been, acquired by an unauthorized person.

Based on California’s law, as of January 2007 35 states had enacted breach laws:

Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida

Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Louisiana

Maine Michigan Minnesota Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire

New Jersey New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania

Rhode Island Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Washington Wisconsin

VORMETRIC’S SOLUTION:

By providing strong encryption that not only protects the data, but the keys as well, Vormetric’s Data Security Expert provides the necessary safeguards to keep your company from having to face breach notifications and also protect your most valuable business assets – your customers, your brand and your bottom line.