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Retirement plans hold millions of dollars in participant funds, and plan operational platforms maintain highly sensitive participant information, creating a situation ripe with the risk of identity theft. With this in mind, retirement plans become a focused target for cyber-criminals and cyberattacks. Plan sponsors have a fiduciary obligation to ensure that the plan has proper mitigation of cybersecurity risks and that the participants retirement money and data are secure.

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