To give “creditors” and “financial institutions” with covered accounts more time to develop and implement written identity theft prevention programs to identify, detect, and respond to the warning signs – or “red flags” – that could indicate identity theft, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it will further delay enforcement of the "Red Flags" Rule to November 1, 2009. The FTC's Red Flags Rule for creditors and finan... [More]
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A recent story from ComputerWorld.com revealed that Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) appear to underestimate the data security risks their own organizations face while lower-level executives are more likely to fear attacks on corporate data. According to a survey conducted on more than 200 CEOs, Chief Information Officers (CIOs), Chief Operating Officers (COOs), and other senior executives by the Poneman Institute, a noticeable difference on opinions exists between CEOs and other sen... [More]
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A story out of south Florida once again shows the importance of running background checks on all workers associated with a company – including contractors and sub-contractors. An article on Sun-Sentinal.com reports that a company contracted to provide concession services for parks in Broward Country is running background checks on all of its employees to see if any have a history of sex crimes after the recent arrest of one worker who was a registered sex offender. Accor... [More]
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UPDATE: To give “creditors” and “financial institutions” with covered accounts more time to develop and implement written Identity Theft Prevention Programs, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will further delay enforcement of the 'Red Flags' Rule until November 1, 2009. After a three month delay to give creditors and financial institutions more time to develop and implement written identity theft prevention programs, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is ... [More]
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A recent blog from NYTimes.com about social networking site Twitter.com falling prey to a hacker attack shows the dangers online businesses face every day with data security. Twitter is a free social networking service that enables users to send and read micro-blogs of up to 140 characters known as "tweets." According to the blog, "Hacker Croll" claimed to have confidential Twitter contracts, résumés of job applicants to Twitter, personal information abo... [More]
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