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- [Instructor] Restricting the use of SSNs in your organization is likely to cause significant disruption, and the team driving this change is likely to receive pushback from stakeholders around the organization. This pushback comes for a number of reasons. First, some stakeholders may feel that Social Security numbers are an integral part of their business processes, even if there's no legal justification for using them. Second, changing business processes that were designed around Social Security numbers often requires work from software developers and other IT professionals. And finally, eradicating Social Security numbers is a time-consuming process that requires assistance from IT professionals, end users, managers, and other staff from around the organization. The only way that a team championing an SSN security project can overcome these objections is with strong executive support. Ideally, this support will come…

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