What would your agency do with $100 million dollars or even tens of thousands more? Agency funds are lost to fraud every day. The Fraud of the Day forum highlights real stories and what you need to know to help fight fraud. Visit the FraudoftheDay.com forum to learn more and sign up to receive dailyRead… Read more »
What would your agency do with $100 million dollars or even tens of thousands more? Agency funds are lost to fraud every day. The Fraud of the Day forum highlights real stories and what you need to know to help fight fraud. Visit the FraudoftheDay.com forum to learn more and sign up to receive dailyRead… Read more »
Chances are that many people have made a New Years resolution to hit the gym more often in 2011. The gym is a great place to shed pounds and lessen the stress of your day, but it is also a place where thieves land in order to fulfil their resolution to rip you off. WeRead… Read more »
Here are the references and links to additional resources that my have been left out of my post yesterday. Identity Theft Resources http://www.legalstoc.com/2009/01/07/ftc-to-congress-enact-standards-to-reduce-identity-theft/?http://www.howtostopidentitytheftnow.comwww.creditcards.comwww.consumer.gov/idthefthttp://www.cstb.org/web/project_authenticationhttp://www.humanresources.org/media/resources/resource_209.pdfhttp://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1082290.1082305http://iospress.metapress.com/content/frcjv8nfemh5dxc9/http://www.anti-phishing.org/http://www.verisign.com/products-services/index.htmlhttp://web.njit.edu/~bieber/CIS677F04/stafford-spyware-cais2004.pdfhttp://theprivacyplace.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/tr-2006-18u.pdfhttp://www.springerlink.com/content/w7877437n43u72hq/http://www.loms-itea.org/deliverables/LOMS_D6.3_v1.0.pdfhttp://webpages.cs.luc.edu/~pld/courses/ethics/spr07/rfid/eckfeldt.pdfhttp://www.govtech.com/gt/418253http://www.experian.com/http://www.transunion.com/http://www.equifax.com References Buell, D. & Sandhu, R. (2003). Identity management. IEEE Computer Society, 1-3. Milne, G. R. (2003). How well do consumers protect themselves from identity theft? The Journal of Consumer Affairs, (37)Read… Read more »
Our friends at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) recently issued a study called “A Human Capital Crisis in Cybersecurity,” that highlights how the United States is facing a chronic shortage in the quality and quantity of its cybersecurity experts. As such, the nation unprepared to defend itself against increasingly sophisticated online attacks. TheRead… Read more »
In a perfect world, consumers recognize authentic emails from fake, update their operating system, browser and anti-virus software, and have a healthy skepticism about the safety of the Internet. The bad guys hate perfect, so we should be working with consumers to stop them. I deal with the ugly aftermath of one type of cybercrime,Read… Read more »
The mastermind behind some of the most notorious data breaches in history (Heartland Payment Systems, TJX and others) faces sentencing this week. The word is that prosecutors are aiming to give Albert Gonzalez the maximum sentence of 25 years in prison. We imagine justice will be rightly served. In a bizarre twist, Gonzales was purportedlyRead… Read more »
Following is an exclusive podcast with Michael Brown, former Director of FEMA, on the ITAC Identity Blog. Mr. Brown is an expert on cyber security and provides excellent insights into what our nation can do to better protect itself in this new era of cyber warfare. Click here to listen to the podcast.
The Internet is infected and U.S. citizens are paying a steep price by having their identities stolen and bank accounts raided by international hackers on a regular basis. We are calling for more action from the U.S. government to help industry fight the battle and stop those who are wreaking havoc on our lives. WhileRead… Read more »