Identity Theft

Identity theft scams, trends and information for mitigating risk

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Mobile devices are important tools to efficiently manage a business and to quickly meet the needs of a customer.  Think about the hit in...

December 21, 2010 by ofonseca

A majority of the media attention has focused on the sharp increase of personal identity theft or on the loss of customer data by...

December 7, 2010 by ofonseca

Phishing attacks are on the rise. According to a Panda Security investigation, scammers are creating 57,000 fake websites a week to falsely represent 375...

November 16, 2010 by bkrenek

Facebook and other social networks have generated a lot of buzz recently due to their data privacy settings and policies. Unfortunately, many consumers are...

November 2, 2010 by ofonseca

Recently I addressed the importance of having plans in place to protect personal health information in light of the sharp increase in healthcare data...

September 21, 2010 by bkrenek

Identity thieves are becoming more skilled as they focus on stealing dormant social security numbers that belong to children. Experts point out that frequently...

September 16, 2010 by ofonseca

According to a recent study by the Identity Theft Resource Center, data breaches in the healthcare sector are occurring at a higher rate than...

September 7, 2010 by bkrenek

A big fear of business leaders and privacy professionals alike is the accidental breach of customer personally identifiable information (PII) either through the loss...

September 7, 2010 by ofonseca

As more business users work remotely and travel the use of wireless devices has become a necessity in the workplace to access data. However,...

September 7, 2010 by ofonseca