EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

It’s getting to be a habit–a third-party vendor, responsible for its customer’s data, leaves it unprotected in the cloud. This time, a global communications company that partners with service providers left about four million of Time Warner Cable’s (TWC) customer records on an Amazon server, without a password.

In addition to exposing usernames, email addresses, device serial numbers and some financial transaction information, the vendor also left internal company records at risk of being swiped.

Moral of the story: If you’re working with a third-party vendor and storing sensitive data in the cloud, you need to conduct extra scrutiny to ensure security policies on premises follow the data, wherever it resides.

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