'Watch Your Business Partners' - Bryan Sartin of Verizon Business on the Latest Data Breach Trends

Summary: The Heartland Payment Systems (HPY) data breach came as an unpleasant surprise to many financial institutions and their customers in early 2009. What are the threats we should eye as we look ahead to 2010? In an exclusive interview, Bryan Sartin of Verizon Business, discusses the company's exhaustive <a href="/external/2009_databreach_rp.pdf"><b>research of data breaches</b></a>, offering insight on: <p></p><div id="blist">Breach trends that financial institutions should watch; </div> <div id="blist">Where institutions are most vulnerable; </div> <div id="blist">Security strategies and technologies that are most effective.</div> <p>Sartin heads up the investigative response team at Verizon Business. As a senior forensics examiner, he has taken the lead in many high-profile data compromise investigations in the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. In addition, Sartin is well-versed in both criminal and civil computer forensic procedures, is a certified expert witness, and is a frequent course instructor and speaker on the topics of incident response planning, computer forensics and regulatory compliance.</p>