The full fallout from a data breach at Anthem, which affected the records of 80 million current and former customers of the health care insurer, won’t be learned for several months or perhaps even years. Hackers had access to personally identifiable information (PII) including medical identification and Social Security numbers.

But the cyberattack did highlight important lessons for other enterprises that retain customer data:

Notify as Quickly as Possible
“Anthem has been very transparent about the breach,” said Christopher Hines, threat assessment manager for Campbell, Calif.-based Bitglass, a cloud and mobile security firm. “They brought in [threat forensics and cybersecurity firm] FireEye to determine where in the system the breach happened and got the FBI involved right away.”

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