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Your Office Copy Machine Might Digitally Store Thousands of Documents That Get Passed on at Resale “At a warehouse in New Jersey, 6,000 used copy machines sit ready to be sold. CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports almost every one of them holds a secret. Nearly every digital copier built since 2002 contains …
NIST Special Publication 800-122, Guide to Protecting the Confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information (PII), Recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Erika McCallister, Tim Grance, Karen Scarfone, April 2010. “The escalation of security breaches involving personally identifiable information (PII) has contributed to the loss of millions of records over the past few years. …
Follow up to postings on security issues and erasing hard drive, from Gizmodoa detailed article with accompanying screen shots and product references: “With stories abounding of identity theft aided by information lifted from discarded storage devices, you want devices you no longer plan to use to have no usable information when they head out the …
Although many organizations do not report breaches on a timely basis, or in many instances, report them at all, the most recent Identity Theft Resource Center report reveals data protection remains a critical issue for organizations, especially financial services.
News release: Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Keeping Score on Credit Scores: An Overview of Credit Scores, Credit Reports and Their Impact on Consumers, Presented by David Vladeck, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Before the Subcommittee On Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit of the Committee On Financial Services, United States House of …
News release: “FinCEN joins with other Federal, State and Local government agencies and consumer protection organizations to recognize the 12th Annual National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW), March 7-13. This coordinated consumer education campaign encourages individuals across the country to take full advantage of their consumer rights. FinCEN provides a number of special resources to educate …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission and other government agencies and national consumer groups are sponsoring the 12th annual National Consumer Protection Week from March 7-13, 2010. The event is a coordinated consumer education campaign that encourages individuals across the country to take full advantage of their consumer rights. This years theme, Dollars & Sense: …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today released a report listing top complaints consumers filed with the agency in 2009. It shows that while identity theft remains the top complaint category, identity theft complaints declined 5 percentage points from 2008. A complete list of complaints can be found here. The FTC is releasing a new …
News release: “Starting April 1, advertising for free credit reports will require new disclosures to help consumers avoid confusing free offers which often require consumers to spend money on credit monitoring or other products or services with the no-strings-attached credit reports available at AnnualCreditReport.com, or 877-322-8228. The Federal Trade Commissions Free Credit Reports …
2010 Identity Fraud Survey Report: Consumer Version “More than 11 million adult consumers became victims of identity fraud in 2009, up from nearly 10 million in 2008. The number of fraud victims rose for the second year in a row. On the other hand, victims out-of-pocket costs and the time required to resolve fraud have …
Global Risks 2010 – A Global Risk Network Report. A World Economic Forum Report in collaboration with Citi, Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), Swiss Re, Wharton School Risk Center, Zurich Financial Services. January 2010. “This years report explores a set of risks that share a potential for wider systemic impact and are strongly linked to …
News release: “Albert Gonzalez, 28, of Miami, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to hack into computer networks supporting major American retail and financial organizations, and to steal data relating to tens of millions of credit and debit cards, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer, U.S. Attorney for the District of …
