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The Real Estate Information Security Center
Clareity Consulting is committed to improving information security practices in the real estate industry and employs three strategies in this effort:
  1. Security Articles. There are many useful articles posted on this website. You are welcome to reprint them, but please to do so.
  2. Information Security Workshops. Bringing real estate information security education to regions across the U.S., these NAR-sponsored events enable real estate professionals and their vendors to begin to implement an information security program for their company. More information about the workshops. Clareity also provides information security presentations in shorter formats.
  3. Security Audits. Risk assessment and remediation is a management responsibility for business owners and in some states is mandated by law (i.e. Oregon 646A.622). Clareity provides more security audits for our industry than any other company. If your company has not had a security audit in the last few years, please call Matt Cohen (612-331-1788) to discuss your needs.

The most important thing to know about "Information Security" is that it is a much broader problem than "Computer Security". While there have been some significant computer security breaches in our industry, most of the publicized information security breaches have had nothing to do with computers. So, there are roles in an information security program for management, IT staff - and everyone else.

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Real Estate Info Security Workshops

These workshops provide FREE, hands on practical security education for MLS, association, and broker IT staff, consultants and vendors - sponsored by NAR. Upcoming workshops include:

More information about the workshops

Video: Introduction to real estate information security

This is a very quick 20-minute snapshot of content from presentations usually provided in one, two and a half, and four hour versions.

Latest resources posted:

Useful links to other sites:

Security Articles

General Interest

Management

  • The Human Element of Information Security (longer article version)
    Summary: This article is about the importance of good management practices and information security policies in improving information security practices. It is written for executives and management staff of MLSs, associations and other real estate organizations and businesses.
  • Business Owner Oversight of Information Security
    Summary: Information security starts with management taking responsibility for it, beginning with a security assessment.
  • Creating a Security Policy for "BYOD"
    Summary: Addressing the "BYOD" or "Bring Your Own Device" (to work) security issue via policy to reduce liability.
  • Contracting for Security in Your Mobile App
    Summary: If you don't contract for security features in your mobile app, chances are slim it will be created with security in mind.
  • The Four IT Guys
    Summary: Sometimes "IT Guys" are resistant to risk assessment and mitigation. Business owners must take action.
  • Limiting Internet Use to Protect Your Company
    Summary: The most innocent employee activities can have the worst security consequences for employers, and uncontrolled Internet use is a perfect example of this.

Technical (at least a little)


 

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