I Am Who I Say I Am

“I Am Who I Say I Am“, was published by the Center for Digital Government. The paper disclosed that public sector organizations are spending a significant portion of their IT budgets on information security to combat identity theft. In some cases these expenditures are running as high as 10 percent of their total budgets to protect such items as drivers licenses and social security numbers.  Read More….

Enjoying Technology’s Conveniences But Not Escaping Its Watchful Eyes

Like many Americans, Bernard uses modern gadgets to make life easier, and along the way creates a data trail that others can access and preserve, sometimes permanently.  Read More….

Less Data, More Security

Data breaches will likely increase this year as companies that once thought a stolen laptop was a property theft understand it as a potential identity theft, according to Kroll.  Read More….

Diagnosis: Identity Theft

For $60, a thief can buy your health records—and use them to get costly care. Guess who gets the bill?  Read More…. 

More Than Two-Thirds of Americans Support Adding Biometrics to Government-Issued Identification

Eighty-two percent of Americans support the use of biometric identification on passports, according to a recent survey conducted by TRUSTe, the leading online privacy certification and seal program, and market information group TNS.  Read More….