Identity Theft
Identity theft scams, trends and information for mitigating risk
Data breaches may conjure images of malicious hackers and global cyber gangs, but often the worst breaches come at the hands of a company’s...
The Ponemon Institute’s recently released “Second Annual Cost of Cyber Crime Study” confirms that data breaches have become a more frequent and damaging hazard...
Everywhere you turn these days there’s word of a new data breach. In the course of our lifetime, our “personal identifying information (PII)” is...
The steady drumbeat of recent data breaches has called significant attention to the security vulnerabilities of even the world’s biggest corporate brands and defense...
A recent Federal Trade Commission discussion, "Stolen Futures: A Forum on Child Identity Theft,” presented a valuable opportunity to galvanize industry experts and public...
Cloud services that handle enormous amount of data amongst consumers and corporate clients are a big target of...
When considering your company’s full breach prevention strategy, consider encryption a strong bodyguard that can play a big role in protecting data while also...
According to a Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse, in 2009, the average company lost nearly 5% of its revenue to...
In this daunting time of high-wire cyber attacks, when even the most trusted brands are falling prey to tireless hackers, there’s no such thing...
With the recent rash of highly newsworthy data breaches, headlined by the Sony PlayStation Network breach that impacted 77+ million subscribers, there’s been much...
In an effort to make data breaches even more unpalatable and motivate companies to strengthen their security practices, the Federal Trade Commission is beginning...
These days, the fraud economy has matured to a point where it is run like a global marketplace, with specialists for every aspect of...