Anatomy of a Data Breach Investigation: Interview with Alain Sheer, Attorney with the F... - 0 views
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Karl Wabst on 21 Apr 09Anatomy of a Data Breach Investigation: Alain Sheer, FTC Attorney February 17, 2009 The Heartland Payment Systems data breach is on everyone's mind, and the case is in the hands now of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) if it chooses to investigate. While the FTC will neither confirm nor deny a Heartland investigation, staff attorney Alain Sheer does offer his insight on: How the FTC investigates data breaches like Heartland's; The timeline and milestones of such an investigation; Details of the CardSystems data breach - which closely resembles Heartland's.