Communications Guidelines for Merchants Responding to a Data Breach

By SBE Council at 7 February, 2014, 10:53 am

Although it is true that every data compromise has its own challenges and extenuating circumstances, there are some good basic communications principles that can be applied to most data breach situations.

The best line of defense is a thorough and ongoing data security program. This document presumes that your company has extensive prevention measures in place but also recognizes the critical need for every company to be prepared to communicate in the event of a data breach. These are not requirements from Visa but are merely best practices for your consideration. CLICK HERE