Data Security and Credit Card Thefts: CRS Experts

January 31, 2014 R43382

Data Security and Credit Card Thefts: CRS Experts

January 31, 2014 (R43382)

Thefts of credit-card and other customer information from major retailers in the fall of 2013 have renewed concerns about the security of credit cards and the information systems that hold, process, and transmit data from them, as well as other financial and personal information of consumers. The impacts and growing sophistication of such data breaches, along with the broader growth of cybercrime, has added urgency to long-standing concerns about the security of electronic data across all sectors of the economy. The table below provides names and contact information for CRS experts on issues associated with data security, including breach notification, economics and finance, the roles of federal agencies, international cooperation, law enforcement, legislation, national security, public/private partnerships, and technology. See also CRS Report R42619, Cybersecurity: CRS Experts.

Legislative Issues	Name/Title	Phone	E-mail
Data Breach Notification
Financial sector requirements	N. Eric Weiss Specialist in Financial Economics	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Federal policy	Kristin M. Finklea Specialist in Domestic Security	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Legal aspects	[author name scrubbed] Legislative Attorney	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Economic and Financial Issues
Banking and financial services	N. Eric Weiss Specialist in Financial Economics	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Credit and debit card payment systems	Darryl Getter Specialist in Financial Economics	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Disclosure and insurance	[author name scrubbed] Specialist in Financial Economics	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Economics	N. Eric Weiss Specialist in Financial Economics	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Espionage: economic and industrial	Kristin M. Finklea Specialist in Domestic Security	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Legal aspects	[author name scrubbed] Legislative Attorney	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Federal Agency Roles
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- U.S. Secret Service	[author name scrubbed] Analyst in Emergency Management and Homeland Security Policy	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
- Other DHS	[author name scrubbed] Senior Specialist in Science and Technology	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Department of Justice	Kristin M. Finklea Specialist in Domestic Security	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Department of the Treasury and other financial agencies	N. Eric Weiss Specialist in Financial Economics	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Federal Trade Commission	[author name scrubbed] Legislative Attorney	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Intelligence Community (IC)	John Rollins Specialist in Terrorism and National Security	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Science agencies (NIST, NSF, OSTP)	Patricia Maloney Figliola Specialist in Internet and Telecommunications Policy	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
General Research	[author name scrubbed] Information Research Specialist	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
International Cooperation
Anti-crime policy	Liana Rosen Analyst in International Crime and Narcotics	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Defense and diplomatic	[author name scrubbed] Specialist in National Security Policy and Information Operations	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Law enforcement	Kristin M. Finklea Specialist in Domestic Security	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Law Enforcement
Antitrust laws	[author name scrubbed] Legislative Attorney	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Civil liability	[author name scrubbed] Legislative Attorney	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Classified information	John Rollins Specialist in Terrorism and National Security	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Federal cybercrime laws	[author name scrubbed] Senior Specialist in American Public Law	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
International financial crime	Liana Rosen Analyst in International Crime and Narcotics	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Organized crime and cybercrime	Kristin M. Finklea Specialist in Domestic Security	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Privacy and civil liberties laws	[author name scrubbed] Legislative Attorney	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Legislation in Congress and the States
Cybersecurity	[author name scrubbed] Senior Specialist in Science and Technology	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Data breach notification	[author name scrubbed] Legislative Attorney	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Privacy and civil liberties	[author name scrubbed] Legislative Attorney	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
National Security	[author name scrubbed] Specialist in National Security Policy and Information Operations	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Public/Private Partnerships	[author name scrubbed] Senior Specialist in Science and Technology	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Technology	[author name scrubbed] Senior Specialist in Science and Technology	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]

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Foreign Affairs

Intelligence and National Security

Internet and Telecommunications Policy

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