How to Comply with Nevada's New Data Protection Law - NRS 603A

The new Nevada Data Protection law, NRS 603A (passed as SB 227), is unique in several ways. It is the first state data protection law to provide a “safe harbor” for merchants who are fully PCI-compliant, and provides further protection for organizations that use NIST-compliant encryption to protect personal information. As Catherine Cortez Masto, State Attorney General, put it: Nevada offers a deal both companies and government agencies are unlikely to refuse – encrypt personal data sent electronically and data residing on laptops outside your controlled premises, and you avoid liability if that encrypted data is lost or improperly accessed. Seems great but, as always, it’s not quite so simple. In this webcast, we will discuss the details of this new legislation and the standards behind it. We will also examine who is impacted by it and how to ensure compliance. Finally, we will look at the Nevada Data Protection law within a wider context, to understand why compliance with NRS 603A has a multiplying impact for most organizations.

Presenting

Chris Merritt - Director of Solution Marketing, Lumension

Channel

Endpoint Management and Security

Date

Mar 23 2010

Duration

00:36

Tags

NRS, 603A, compliance, Nevada, Data, Protection, Law