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FTC Offers Businesses Tips for Dealing with Medical Identity Theft
Posted on February 4th, 2011 No commentsThe Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, has information for health care providers and insurers about how to help patients minimize the risk of medical identity theft and deal with the consequences if they become victims of it.
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Protected health care information: privacy and security and social networking
Posted on January 27th, 2011 No commentsSocial networking can lead to PHI breaches and inappropriate disclosures of patient information as well as medical identity theft.
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Identity Theft: The Fastest Growing Crime In America
Posted on January 5th, 2011 No commentsIdentity theft will affect one in 20 Americans this year, according to federal statistics. And experts say despite some of your best efforts, all you can do is reduce the risk of becoming a victim.
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Snooping Represents A Growing Data Breach Threat
Posted on December 11th, 2010 No commentsFew organizations are addressing the risk caused by outsiders looking at company information on mobile workers’ screens, finds a study by 3M.
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DoD Use of PII Raises ID Theft Risk
Posted on December 10th, 2010 No commentsThe military’s use of Social Security numbers and other forms of personal identifiable information such as birth dates places service members at a higher risk of identity theft than the population at large, and efforts to limit their use are meeting resistance by an “uninformed, sometimes cavalier” military culture.
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Identity thieves targeting job seekers
Posted on November 18th, 2009 No commentsThe job hunt is on. You are networking, posting resumes at job search Web sites and filling out countless applications. The more exposure you get, the better your chances of landing a job
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Hhs’ Ig plans audits for some health IT programs
Posted on October 28th, 2009 No commentsHHS’ inspector general will audit several IT systems and programs affected by the economic stimulus law.
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Data breach alerts linked to increased risk of ID theft
Posted on October 28th, 2009 No commentsConsumers who have received a data breach notification letter face a much higher risk of identity theft, according to a recent survey.
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Data breaches and identity fraud: what’s the connection?
Posted on October 21st, 2009 No commentsThree years of Javelin data suggest that individuals who recieve notifications that their data was breaches generally don’t think they are at higher risk. Three years of Javelin data also shows that those individuals really do have something to worry about. Data protection and fraud mitigation are complex topics, yet more-> they need not always be
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Hacked: Data heists teach lessons in cyber risk management
Posted on August 24th, 2009 No commentsThe indictment of an alleged master hacker in massive data thefts underscores the role that risk managers play in information technology security, experts say. Risk managers need to recognize the risk and encourage coordination among various departments involved in dealing with corporate data breaches. Risk managers are key in considering what risk transfer options are best in an IT-related loss, experts say.
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