As a consultant often called on by MLSs for help with VOW and IDX compliance audits as someone who is always pushing for improved information security in the real estate industry, I love that information security is featured prominently in the VOW rules, section 19.5: “A Participant’s VOW must employ reasonable efforts to monitor … Read more
Take a look at the Google chart below – it’s interesting to see how, while information security, authentication and privacy issues continue to grow and news articles call ever more attention to privacy, the number of searches being performed on the subjects – an indicator of interest – decreases. It’s so easy to close … Read more
How Does YOUR IT Guy Respond to a Security Audit? Just last week I was interacting with four organizations regarding significant information security vulnerabilities I had identified. Each had a dramatically different reaction to the news that they had issues to deal with. It reminded me of the Jewish Passover Seder (ritual feast), during … Read more
Improving Security While Gaining Efficiency Through Standards Introduction and Executive Summary Real estate professionals are using more systems and applications than ever, and they don’t want to have to log into each one separately. The inconvenience and inefficiency of multiple logins are exacerbated when users have to go back and forth between one system … Read more
Strong Authentication Needed to Protect Against Login Credential Sharing and Theft Introduction MLS data is the core asset of the real estate industry, and it is crucial that it be protected. An increasing number of MLSs and real estate companies have asked Clareity to research online system access control and data protection methods in … Read more
