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ADVISORY/Teros Hosts Webinar on California Database Security Breach Notification Act Featuring Leading e-Commerce Attorney and Author Benjamin Wright.


Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ADVISORY...For Wednesday (August 6)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHO:    Benjamin Wright, renowned attorney on e-commerce and Internet
        security law, and author of The Law of Electronic Commerce
        Greg Smith, Senior Director, Product Marketing, Teros

WHAT:   As of July 1, 2003, the Database Security Breach Notification
        Act, also known as S.B. 1386, mandates that companies must
        notify California customers if their confidential data has
        been compromised and even if they only "suspect" a security
        breach has occurred. The business and legal ramifications of
        this new law affect every company that serves California
        customers regardless of the location of its corporate
        headquarters. In this Webinar, noted e-commerce and Internet
        law expert Benjamin Wright will interpret this new legislation
        and its implications, and cover best practices companies can
        use to protect themselves against liabilities. During this one
        hour session, you will learn:

        -- What the Database Security Breach Notification Act is and
           how it affects your company

        -- How to meet security and privacy guidelines for compliance
           with this new law

        -- The costs of doing notifications in the event of a security
           breach

        -- Specific strategies for safeguarding customer information
           stored and transmitted electronically including credit card
           and Social Security numbers

        -- How to secure applications that rely on SSL

WHERE:  Web-based seminar delivered to your desktop

WHEN:   Wednesday August 6, 2003, 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time

HOW:    To register please visit:
     http://www.teros.com/news_events/webinars/db_breach_webinar.shtml


About Teros

Teros was founded in 2000 and develops quick-to-deploy, self-configuring security appliances Security appliances protect computer networks from unwanted data traffic, intruders, email spam, enforce policies, and may also be used to create and manage VPNs. There are a number of types of security appliances.  that protect web servers, web applications and databases from known and undocumented security vulnerabilities and attacks without relying on signatures. Teros customers are Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, and large web site operators that need to protect sensitive web-based applications See Web application.  and data from unauthorized access or malicious use, and comply with regulatory requirements Regulatory requirements are part of the process of drug discovery and drug development. Regulatory requirements describe what is necessary for a new drug to be approved for marketing in any particular country.  such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, , GLBA GLBA Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (Financial Modernization Act of 1999)
GLBA Gay and Lesbian Business Association
GLBA Great Lakes Booksellers Association
GLBA Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
, California Database Security Breach Notification Act and California Law California Law consists of 29 codes, covering various subject areas, the State Constitution and Statutes. See also
  • Statute
  • Bill (proposed law)
  • California State Legislature
External links
  • http://www.leginfo.ca.
 on SSN SSN
abbr.
Social Security Number
 Confidentiality. Teros is privately held and headquartered in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. . To contact Teros call 408-850-0800, visit us on the web at www.teros.com, or write to info@teros.com.
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