PODCAST: William Henley, Senior Vice President, BITS, Discusses Key Cyber Legislation
BITS, the leading financial service industry consortium made up of 100 of the largest financial institutions in the U.S., recently hired William Henley as its Senior President of Regulation.
Previously, William spent more than 20 years in federal government service, most recently as the Director of IT Examinations for the Office of Thrift Supervision. At OTS, [...]
Do You Really Need Identity Theft Protection?
The fact is, you can’t protect yourself from all forms of identity theft, and the types that you can guard against require a Rain Man-like focus. One way or another, it’s going to cost you time or money or both.
Identity theft protection detractors say, “Why pay a monthly fee when all you have to do [...]
Child Identity Theft is a Growing Concern
More and more young children our becoming victims of identity theft at an alarming rate. Often times they are completely unaware of the theft until many years later. They do not find out until they attempt to get a college loan, credit card, or purchase a car and are denied.
Hundreds of online businesses are finding [...]
Stalkers Exploiting Mobile Phones
Mobile phone GPS (global positioning system) is often accurate in less than 100 feet. Many mobile apps work with GPS to inform you of local restaurants, banks, gas stations and attractions. Mobile phone GPS is also being used for driving navigation too, but I don’t find it as effective.
In this amazing age of progressive technology [...]
Worst Person: Criminal Targeted Kids With Cancer In Identity Theft Scheme
As our faithful reader know, we both a “Best Person” and “Worst Person” post each week on the ITAC blog. Well sometimes things happen where we shuffle the editorial calendar a bit, and this is exactly what we are doing this week by running two “Worst Person” posts. Why? We came across candidate for [...]