CertainSafe, a data security firm, is partnering with Express Notary Services and Signing Agent School, a mobile notary and notary educational service. CertainSafe continues to align itself with strategic partners in an effort to secure data throughout the title industry.
With this partnership, Express Notary Services now will carry certification and meet the needs of the proposed regulatory requirements of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), as well as the highest level of data security for nonpublic personal information (NPPI). Each mobile notary has the responsibility to remain and operate in compliance with regulatory requirements and in accordance with the American Land Title Association (ALTA) Best Practices pillars.
Express Notary client and internal documents will be shared and stored with the protection of CertainSafe’s MicroEncrypted file sharing, collaboration and secure messaging technology. Mobile notaries now can offer clients, lenders and consumers complete peace of mind that their confidential information is safe. CertainSafe deploys its proprietary MicroEncryption technology almost simultaneously with the use of its MicroTokenization protocols, which encrypts each file individually down to the byte level, something no other file sharing service can provide. CertainSafe is the only file sharing platform which is PCI Level 1 DSS Certified. Users can store HIPAA, PCI, PFI, PHI, PII as well as other types of sensitive data that require compliance to the highest levels of data protection.
Mobile notary services continue to be a growing industry. In 2014 there were more than 4.5 million registered in the United States. With a single breach of a single record now costing an average of $145 per event, it’s critically important that sensitive data be protected, the companies said.
“No other mobile notary company offers a comprehensive certification program that meets the CFPB requirements, while working in conjunction with a compliant and certified data security capability. Ours is a highly vulnerable industry,” Express Notary CEO Henry Davidson said. “That vulnerability has been stamped out through our partnership with CertainSafe.”
“This is an unprecedented milestone event, a true industry first,” CertainSafe Chief Business Officer Kent Nies said. “A large-scaled national network of mobile notaries will now be able to send and receive sensitive documents, including all of the communication surrounding the transaction, within a completely safe, secure and compliant environment.
“The ‘always on the go’ nature of the mobile notary demands that the highest level of data security capabilities are in place regardless of where they are, what device they are using and what network they access,” Nies continued. “All these issues are resolved, protected and supported by CertainSafe, protecting not only the data in motion but the data at rest as well.”