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Despite deluge of stolen PII, data breach experts see little change in corporate security behavior
The results of a Ponemon Institute survey commissioned by defense contractor Raytheon suggest that the massive attention generated by recent data breaches have failed “to move the needle” in changing behaviors and attitudes toward information security at many companies.
One of my most trusted sources of information about data breach is Larry Ponemon of the Ponemon Institute. Larry’s data is unbiased, no nonsense and reliable, even though his work is occasionally commissioned by interested parties (like Raytheon). And supported by studies from other data breach experts, we are all screaming at your organization to WAKE THE HELL UP! I rarely use statistics (and only occasional but fully-justified swearing) in my keynote presentations (because I don’t fancy sleeping audiences — or lawsuits), but today I’m going to BOMBARD you with them. Use whichever stat you think will best shock your “head-in-the-scorching-sand” executive out of the destructive malaise that might lead you into an Anthem-like, Sony-style, Target-worthy data breach:
Posted in Cyber Data Security by Identity Theft Speaker John Sileo.
Tags: Board of Directors, Cyber Security, Data Breach Experts, Data Breach Keynotes, Data Breach Speaker
Protect yourself from identity theft by shredding daily
By Michael Berg
Modern criminals may be stealing personal information electronically through sophisticated online data mining tools, but small-time crooks sorting through food wrappers and dirty diapers in the quest for discarded paperwork ‘still lurk.
In fact, not shredding potentially sensitive documents before you dispose of them is almost like begging to become one of the Federal Trade Commission’s estimated 9 million victims of identity theft in the United States every year. And with adequate shredders available for as low as $50, there’s almost no excuse — every household should have one.
Posted in Identity Theft Prevention by Identity Theft Speaker John Sileo.
Tags: CreditCards.com, Data Breach Speaker, Fellowes, identity theft expert, Identity Theft Prevention, John Sileo, Paper Shredders
Why pay for Health Insurance when you can steal it?
As the economy dropped severely in 2009, the instances of Identity Theft continued to rise. With desperate times and individuals struggling, Medical Identity Theft and Health Insurance Fraud reports by emergency rooms have been higher than normal over the past several months. According to Javelin Strategy and Research, in 2009 Medical Record Theft had the longest length of time, 493 days, between the theft and detection by the insured. This also led to the highest fraud amount of $18,480 and the largest mean consumer cost of $2987. That means the average consumer that suffers from Medical Identity Theft pays almost $3000 of his own money to resolve the theft! This shows how the financial repercussions of Medical Identity Fraud are the largest among Identity Fraud types.
Posted in Identity Theft Prevention by Identity Theft Speaker John Sileo.
Tags: Data Breach Speaker, health insurance fraud, identity theft expert, John Sileo, medical identity theft
Here’s a statistic that’ll get your attention! 285 million records were compromised in 2008 according to a new data breach study from Verizon Business. The report claims that organized crime is responsible for a large increase in the number of breached corporate electronic records.
The report of industries affected by data breach shows that Financial Services was the major gainer in 2008. That industry doubled its percentage of data breach to 30% while Retail is still the most affected industry (barely) at 31%. The shift to data breach in Financial Services will affect all of us more drastically.
Posted in Identity Theft Prevention by Identity Theft Speaker John Sileo.
Tags: Data Breach, Data Breach Speaker, verizon business
Are you one of the 200,000,000+ Americans (almost 66% of the US population) who had their identity stolen from TJ Maxx, Marshalls, BJ’s Wholesale Club, OfficeMax, Boston Market, Barnes & Noble, Sports Authority, Forever 21 or DSW?
If so, you need to know that 11 people, including a Secret Service informant,
Posted in Identity Theft Prevention by Identity Theft Speaker John Sileo.
Tags: breach, Data Breach, Data Breach Speaker, Identity Theft Prevention, Privacy, Sileo, TJMaxx, TJX
