Interactive Data, LLC Joins Tech Lock Certified Program

Chicago – Tech Lock, Inc. announces the joining of Interactive Data, LLC. to its Tech Lock Certified™ program. Tech Lock Certified™ is a holistic compliance assessment, combining multiple regulatory and industry standard control objectives into a single audit to provide the agency cost savings and provide their clients with a true data security compliance validation. The Tech Lock Certified™ programs allows clients to receive a 3rd data security assessment to validate compliance against a predefined set of over 230 controls, unlike a SAS 70 type II audit which does not specify a pre-determined set of control objectives.

The constant client and service provider data security requirements asking companies like Interactive Data to show proof of compliance with standards or laws such as PCI DSS, HIPAA/HITECH, FISMA, GLBA, ISO 27002, Massachusetts 201 CMR 17.00: Standards for the Protection of Personal Information of Residents of the Commonwealth, and Nevada’s Personal Information Law NRS 603a are increasing at a frequent pace. In addition to needing an external 3rd party to validate compliance, often times meeting compliance requirements can be time consuming and resource intensive to achieve.

“As a service provider in the collection industry, we receive numbers requests to validate our protection of consumer information and to ensure that a secure chain of custody exists when clients send us data,” says John Schaeffer, Interactive Data’s Managing Member. “The Tech Lock Certified™ program is important for our business because it provides us with a onetime holistic audit that validates our information security controls and procedures that we already have in place.  It also presents our organization with a unique marketing advantage with being the only skip tracing vendor that can meet all our clients’ service provider data security requirements.“ 

“Whether you are an agency or service provider, the Tech Lock Certified™ program provides intrinsic value that extends beyond cost savings,” says Todd Langusch, Tech Lock’s Chief Executive Officer. “The paradigm is shifting in the industry and those who are lacking an external 3rd party data security assessment are going to be left behind when it comes to meeting client requirements and the protection of consumer information.  Few organizations can survive a data breach, due to the loss of customer confidence and public image.  A Tech Lock Certified™ assessment helps validate the work an organization may have already completed in regards to data security and provides for an additional level of validation to ensure that data is available and reliable.”

ABOUT INTERACTIVE DATA
Interactive Data LLC (ID) is the industry leader in locating and identifying individuals that are typically difficult to find. Based in Atlanta GA, ID offers a variety of search products, including Social Security, Real Estate Listings, Death Index, and Bankruptcy listing searches, as well as Data Warehousing, Cell Suppression, FDCPA Scrubs and cost-efficient unmask-pricing for Directory Assistance. Leveraging more than a decade of collections industry experience, ID creates relevant, customer-focused searches that are both comprehensive and cost effective. Each of these products work seamlessly with IDs advanced online and batch products. For more information, please visit www.id-info.com, or call (866)584-2295.

ABOUT TECH LOCK, INC.
Tech Lock, Inc. is focused on serving the ARM industry, including credit grantors, collection agencies, debt buyers, service organizations, healthcare providers and more. Tech Lock’s IT professionals all possess Fortune 100 and ARM industry experience. This makes Tech Lock uniquely skilled in serving the ARM industry as it relates to information technology, data security, and regulatory compliance. Tech Lock is a service disabled veteran owned small business. For more information, please visit www.techlockinc.com.