Video Tutorial: Submitting ID Theft Complaint
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has put together a tutorial video on how to file an Identity Theft complaint with them. The FTC has a very comprehensive website dealing with ID theft, so this is just the latest tool they’ve developed to help consumers.
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Video Tutorial: Submitting ID Theft Complaint
Network World has a great article on how to best manage enterprise mobility based on new research out of the Aberdeen Group . If you’ve followed this blog for a while, you will have read many past articles about mobile security and management (if not, check our archives !). As Network World suggests, the best practices for mobile management is one that cut costs, extends access to data for more employees and also decreases lost / stolen devices
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Mobility Management Pays Off
The National Security Agency (NSA) is launching a new program, “Perfect Citizen”, aimed at assessing vulnerabilities of cyber assaults on government agencies and private companies running critical infrastructure (e.g. electricity). The Perfect Citizen program first phase of the project is being put in place by Raytheon
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US Government Prepares “Perfect Citizen”
The IT Asset Management Review has a fantastic 2-part article entitled “IT Asset Management: How to Bring Value To Your Organisation.” The article talks about how ITAM programs can add value to organizations as well as key processes to yield those values. “When evaluating the ITAM program on its merits, you can see it yields quantifiable benefits such as budgetary savings, risk reduction and enterprise-wide efficiencies. By definition, ITAM is the process of managing the business side of IT, therefore as a business practice, the targets and measurements must adhere to standard business methodologies and adhere to the organization’s goals and contribute to the bottom line.” The article suggests using 3 core foundation processes to build an ITAM program: 1
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Getting Value from ITAM
There’s been a lot of talk about Facebook security this year, and with good merit. Aside from the increased number of attacks on the highly popular social networking site, Facebook also made a number of security changes that angered users. Though some good improvements have come out of the consumer feedback, there are still some things that you can do to boost your own personal security
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7 Things to Stop Doing on Facebook
The cyberbullying research center published a fact sheet [ PDF ] outlining 10 ways teens can educate their community about cyberbullying. The worksheet provides a positive way for teens to be empowered to learn about and help to prevent this prevalent issue. Research the problem Interview experts Create informative posters Develop a website, blog, or Facebook group Mentor younger students Write a letter Create a public service announcement Build an awareness or pledge campaign Review your school policy on bullying or cyberbullying Teach younger friends and relatives This project would be great if initated with parents and/or teachers.
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Steps Teens Can Take to Educate Others on Cyberbullying
Given the big news that Wi-Fi is now free in Starbucks locations across the US and Canada, we’ll probably be seeing an increase in business and personal business done in Starbucks locations. Since this carries with it big risks for data to be leaked, as we’ve talked about here and here , Tnerd set up a great how-to on securing your online browsing while using wi-fi hotspots. Establish a secure connection using HTTPS Everywhere (Firefox Plugin) Use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) Use LogMeIn Hamachi (For Secure Personal Network) Use HotSpot Shield The article will walk you through these various software options, though there are many options to choose from for a VPN for personal or enterprise purposes
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Using Wi-Fi Hotspots More Securely
The Federal Trade Commission has put together a list of ‘ Tips for Tomorrow’s Savvy Consumers ,’ a special hand-out of How to be the Class Value-dictorian. In plain English: how to protect yourself from Identity Theft when you graduate from high school or college and enter the “marketplace”, as the FTC puts it
Absolute recently recovered a laptop after it was stolen at a café and resold to a family at a swap meet. The family alleged they had no idea the second-hand machine was a stolen item – a likely claim in many circumstances. Yet police officers were rather skeptical of the family’s oblivion.
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Computrace LoJack for Laptops Recovery Déjà Vu
You can’t really argue the value of computer power management – energy savings both boost your bottom line and your environmental karma. And though you may try to argue that power management policies are just too much of a hassle to implement, well – there’s not much of a case there, either. For starters, consider how much you can actually save by implementing a power management policy.
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Power Management Policies
Friendbeef has put together a fantastic step-by-step guide to determine if your Gmail account has been hacked. The guide uses Gmail’s “last account activity” section in your Inbox to look at the IP addresses that have accessed your account. The guide then teaches you how to determine if suspicious IP addresses are ok or not
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Has your Gmail been hacked? Check!
Who Breached: U.S. Army Reserves Number Affected: 207,000 Information breached: Social Security Numbers How: laptop theft In one of the larger reported data breaches to catch my eye so far in 2010 (there have been at least 264 breaches in 2010), a laptop containing the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of more than 207,000 Army reservists was stolen from a government contractor in Georgia.
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207,000 at Risk After Laptop Theft
Corporations may want to take note of this piece of mobile security news. If you allow individuals within your corporation to use iPhones for corporate phones, you may want to issue a warning about a new security flaw that has been found and/or review your mobile security policy to ensure your data is not at risk.
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Major iPhone Security Flaw Exposes Data
Earlier this year, we announced that LoJack for Laptops, along with Computrace, would now be using Intel Anti-Theft Technology remote locking and messaging capabilities. To find out more about how these Intel AT features work, check out this demo of Absolute Software and Microsoft System Center Service Manager 2010: If you’ve ever wondered how Absolute Software can help you with your IT Asset Management and Laptop Security needs, now is the time to see it in action! The demo is fantastic! See how easy your asset security can become?
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Demo of Absolute Software and Intel AT
Aside from being a finalist for the People’s Choice Steve Award (don’t forget to vote !!), Absolute Software ’s computer configuration lifecycle management service, Absolute Manage , is a finalist in the 2010 American Business Awards! Absolute Manage is a finalist in the New Product or Service of the Year – Computer Software – New Version (phew!) category.
FOX 9 investigator Jeff Baillon put together a story on laptop theft after his own laptop was stolen. His story shows where some theft hotspots are and how technology, like Absolute Software’s Computrace , can help retrieve that stolen device. Some of the major hotspots examined include university campuses, cars, home or office break-ins and more
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To Catch a Laptop Thief
One of the issues with creating strong passwords is that they are very difficult to remember. One solution is to use a master password , while the other is presented by F-Secure : Create part of a password that you would remember, like a “pin” that all your passwords share. Do not write this down Create another part of your password based on random numbers and letters based on the website Write down the letter / number sequence but not the pin Based on this method, which is much easier to understand in their step-by-step example, you can combine the pin with the written-down prompts to create unique and difficult-to-hack passwords.
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How to Remember Passwords
Chris Jay Hoofnagle of the University of California wrote a paper for the School of Law entitled “Internalizing Identity Theft.” This paper, using publicly available data, shows how companies often accept erroneous personal information from identity theft impostors when issuing credit. These decisions to accept inaccurate information has led to instances of identity theft. Drawing upon victim and impostor data now accessible because of updates to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the data show that identity theft impostors supply obviously erroneous information on applications that is accepted as valid by credit grantors.
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Identity Theft Is Important
Absolute Software ’s computer configuration lifecycle management service, Absolute Manage , has been nominated for a Stevie Award ! The Stevie Awards were created to honor and generate public recognition of the achievements and positive contributions of organizations and people worldwide. This is the 8th year of the Awards.
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Vote for Absolute Manage for Stevie Award
Mississippi has become the latest U.S. State to enact a data breach notification law. Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour approved the law, House Bill 583, making it a requirement for companies in this state to notify individuals (not regulators or credit reporting agencies) under certain conditions.
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Mississippi Enacts Breach Law