As we approach the 10th month of the year, it's clear that 2019's data breach statistics will once again be one for the record books. The Credit Union National Association (CUNA) has made addressing this rapidly-growing problem part of its mission as it continues to push the U.S. Congress to pass meaningful data security legislation.
Last month, CUNA created ‘Stop the Data Breaches’ MAP campaign (member activation program) directed "credit unions to make Congress aware that there cannot be data privacy without data security." Earlier this month, CUNA continued on its mission with additional updates to the campaign.
“Credit unions already know that they bear the costs of these data breaches, so the goal of the campaign is to educate credit unions members about the issue in order to have them reach out to their Members of Congress to demand action,” said Adam Engelman, CUNA’s director of federal grassroots and programs. “Congress has indicated they are aware of the privacy issue, our mission is to get them to realize we cannot have privacy without security, and we need a data security standard for all entities that handle sensitive consumer information.”