SEC Playing Bigger Role in Cybersecurity
Despite the Securities and Exchange Commission's focus upon regulating the securities industry and protecting investors, the agency is moving to play...
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Large National Insurer To Offer Identity Theft Protection
In a wave of preventative measures for data protection, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Assocation announced this week that it will begin offering...
Increase Transaction Security Through Identity Verification
Accurate identification papers are essential to safeguarding financial and legal transactions as well as many other sensitive exchanges. Specialty...
Steps To Take If Someone Files a False Tax Return in Your Name
Identity theft issues continue to plague the Internal Revenue Service, and the U.S. Treasury Department reported over 2.9 million tax-related...
Consumers Express Concern Over Protecting Financial Information
Counterfeiting and identity theft are major concerns for the public, and safety of private financial information is very important to the American...
Millennials Are In Danger of Bank Fraud
Millennials probably don't worry too much about identity theft or fraud -- but according to a study from the Federal Trade Commission, 20- to...
IRS Adds Safeguards to Prevent Identity Theft, Fraud
Following a recent online attack that resulted in the diversion of tax refunds and the theft of thousands of taxpayers' personal data, the I.R.S. is...
Would your employee catch this fake ID?
Recently, in Brooklyn, a man successfully made a $1,500 purchase using fake identification at a department store. It was not until he tried to...
Oct, 7 2014- Is Your Business Prepared for the Holidays?
The holiday season is nearing meaning the busiest time of the year for retail businesses is arriving. This is the time of the year in which...
Oct, 1 2014- Newest Identity Fraud Scam
Tax refund fraud is another form of identity theft that has recently afflicted the IRS. Recently 60 Minutes featured a piece discussing this...