Are You Going to Steal My Identity?

Remember those invasive questions?   My auditor training was screaming “OMG this is gold mine for identity thieves.”  

Not your problem, you say.  You’ve employed a vendor to take care of keeping this safe.

Sooooo,  real quick…who was the vendor for the blowout preventer for the BP oil spill?

Don’t remember?  That was the part that failed, but who got tagged with the problem?   Yup…BP!

Ask an auditor and they will tell you the risk is yours.  You CAN go after the vendor, but in reality you will not only be responsible for any remediation for a stolen identity, you will also be the ‘BP’ as any identity theft is broadcast to the world.

Rumor has it that in today’s job climate there are hundreds of applicants for any given job.  You will hire ONE person and the other x99 will be filed for future reference.   They will sit there with minimal attention paid to them.   Do you REALLY want the responsibility for this?

The simple solution...Ask for and keep only the bare minimum that is needed.  No one wants to rob a bank that has no money.