TRAINING: Start Here To Tackle EIV Security Awareness Training
Monday, October 26, 2009 04:23 am
TRAINING: Start Here To Tackle EIV Security Awareness Training
Root out staffers’ security weaknesses to keep your tenants’ information safe.
You have more time to comply with the comply with the Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) provision of the Refinement of Income and Rent Determination Final Rule — but if you wait too long, your employees may not even be able to access the system.
Rule:
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development demands that you train your staffers on why and how they should protect the confidential identity and financial information — including tenants’ wages, Social Security numbers, and employment history — that EIV collects, notes Mary Ross, president of Ross Business Development in Kennesaw, GA.
Your staffers must then pass HUD’s Security Awareness Training Questionnaire before they will be able to access any tenant files. That means you must jump-start your training efforts now so that your employees will pass the test with flying colors when it becomes mandatory on Jan. 31, 2010. You must test your employees’ security awareness training befor[...]
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