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

The worst thing a bank president or a senior management team at a financial institution can hear is "We've had a data breach." 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: The state of incident response and data breach response in the financial services industry; What is data breach readiness and why it's not admitting defeat by being ready; The seven steps of data breach readiness. 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.