Graham-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) Security Compliance

What is GLBA?
Among other changes to financial laws, the Graham-Leach-Bliley Act created important new regulations designed to protect the private financial information of consumers. The law instructs financial institutions to secure and protect private information from unauthorized use or access. It also updates the practice and policies for individual consumers to control the use of such data. GLBA was signed into law in 1999 with full compliance required by July 1, 2001.

How do companies comply with GLBA?
While most financial services firms are informing their customers of the company's privacy policy, few have the strong data protection measures in place to secure the personal information.

The Safeguards Rule requires companies to develop a written information security plan that describes their program to protect customer information. The FTC explicitly notes that part of the plan should include "encrypting sensitive customer information when it is transmitted electronically via public networks."

How does CipherOptics help?
When you need to encrypt your data in motion, CipherOptics makes it easy. Whether you need to protect a single link, or your entire network, we eliminate the complexity of encrypting today's networks.

Our solutions combine standards-based, wire-speed encryption appliances with CipherEngine, the only policy definition and key distribution technology designed for multi-node networks. Together, they give you the highest level of data protection at the lowest total cost. CipherEngine gives you the power to protect data in motion wherever, however and whenever you want, without changes or disruptions to your network, your infrastructure, or your operations.

To see just how easy it can be to comply with the Graham-Leach-Bliley Act, call 1-877-878-6655 or feel free to ask us a question.

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Helpful Resources
GLBA Title V, Subtitle A: Disclosure of Nonpublic Personal Information
GLBA's Financial Privacy Rule (Overview)
GLBA's Safeguards Rule (Overview)