Call Centers are a huge security breach point:

Every time that a caller provides their credit card information to a human agent, they are running a high risk that they will be the victim of identity theft.  For call centers that are taking calls that originate in the state of Massachusetts, they are in direct violation of the the new data privacy law that went into effect on March 1, 2010.

 

The Massachusetts Data Privacy law states that all businesses that collect personal data from or about Massachusetts residents will need to adopt a comprehensive written security program. Unlike most state-based data privacy laws, which focus primarily on public disclosure once a breach occurs, the new Massachusetts law prescribes that more stringent protective measures be taken to prevent breaches from occurring in the first place.

 

With the use of existing technology, call centers could readily eliminate the security breach point.  The caller would enter their private information via the IVR and the agent would never see it.  The only flaw with this approach is that the agent must utilize the computer telephone integration (CTI) capability.  If the agent asks the caller for their credit card information, then we still have a security breach point. How do we solve this?

 

Real straightforward:  Monitor what the agent is saying with speech analytics.  If they ever ask the caller for their credit card information, they are shut down.

 
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