Patent ID: 8707445
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a data incident, comprising: receiving, via a risk assessment server, in response to an occurrence of the data incident, data incident data that comprises information corresponding to the data incident, the data incident further comprising intentional or unintentional release of personally identifiable information to an untrusted environment; automatically generating, via the risk assessment server, a risk assessment from a comparison of the data incident data to privacy rules, the privacy rules comprising at least one federal rule and at least one state rule, each of the rules defining requirements associated with data incident notification laws; providing, via the risk assessment server, the risk assessment to a display device that selectively couples with the risk assessment server; and wherein the receiving data incident data further comprises: providing, in response to a determination of at least one of the privacy rules, one or more questions to the display device that elicits information corresponding to the data incident, the one or more questions tailored to specific criteria of the at least one of the privacy rules; and receiving responses to the one or more questions.