Posted by admin on January 8, 2011
On December 18th, President Obama signed into law the Red Flag Program Clarification Act, making changes to the Red Flags Rule. The Red Flags Rule requires many businesses and organizations to implement a written Identity Theft Prevention Program designed to detect the warning signs — or “red flags” — of identity theft. The new Clarification [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | 
Tags: 18th President, Business Activities, Circumstances, Clarification Act, Congress, Creditor, Creditors, December 31, Entities, Flag Program, Ftc, Identity Theft, Legislation, Occasions, Prevention Program, Red Flag, Red Flags, Scope, Theft Prevention, Warning Signs | 
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Posted by admin on October 24, 2010
Verizon has just released its 2010 PCI Compliance Report [PDF] which looks at PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) assessments done by Verizon and looks at how organizations are attempting to become compliant. The report also compares companies in a “normal” population vs those that have suffered security breaches. This report does not attempt to [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Attempt, Baseline, Compliance Report, Compliant Companies, Compromise, Data Breach, Data Organizations, Data Security, Dss, Economic System, Participants, Pci Data, Pci Standard, Population, Report Pdf, Scope, Security Breaches, Test Procedures, Test Systems, Verizon | No Comments »
Posted by admin on September 4, 2010
This laptop was stolen from a university auditorium after the cable was forced open. Within a couple days of theft, Absolute had identified two unauthorized users – both students at the school. The Recovery Team passed this information over to police, who recovered the stolen computer and probed the suspects for further details. Interviews broadened [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Absolute, Accusations, Conspirator, Couple Days, Criminal Complaints, Expulsion, Impeccable Timing, Indictments, Laptop Thefts, School Janitor, Scope, Stolen Computers, Thieves, Unauthorized Users, University Auditorium | No Comments »
Posted by admin on August 15, 2010
This laptop was one of four machines recovered by Absolute after a mass on-campus theft. Posing as a prospective student, a rather crafty thief arranged a campus tour. He expressed particular interest in computer science, and requested a visit to the school’s IT department. This visit gave him just enough time to scope out the [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Absolute, Accusations, Computer Science, Cracks, Criminal Complaints, Felony Indictments, Forensic Tools, Intel, Laptops, Prospective Student, Scholar, Scope, Search Warrant, Stolen Laptop, Storage Room, Suspicious Student, Thief, Unauthorized User | No Comments »
Posted by admin on June 15, 2010
The FTC announced recently that they have once again extended the enforcement of the “Red Flags” Rule. This latest extension was made at the request of Members of Congress, delaying the enforcement of the “Red Flags” Rule through to December 31, 2010. This delay was granted so that Congress could consider “legislation that would affect [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: December 31, Entities, Ftc Chairman, Jon Leibowitz, Legislation, Members Of Congress, Red Flags, Rule Enforcement, Scope, Senate | No Comments »
Posted by admin on March 27, 2010
The FBI, through its Internet Crime Compliance Center, has released the 2009 iC3 report which looks at the internet crimes reported in 2009. The website received 336,655 complaints in 2009, 146,663 of which were passed on to law enforcement for consideration. According to the report, the majority of crimes reported involved fraud with a total [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Compliance Center, Consumers, Corporate Sector, Dollar Loss, Fbi, Fraud Complaints, Geographic Information, Ic3, Information Types, Internet Crime, Internet Crimes, Investigations, Job, Law Enforcement, Online Crime, Pop Up Ads, Scams, Scope, Survey Indicates That, Suspicious Activity | No Comments »
Posted by admin on January 27, 2010
The first HIPAA-related lawsuit has just been filed by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. The AG is suing Health Net of Connecticut for failing to secure private patient medical records and financial information for 446,000 Connecticut residents and for failing to promptly notify those at risk from the breach. In his lawsuit, Blumenthal is seeking [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, Breach, Company Policies, Connecticut Attorney General, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Residents, Consulting Firm, Disclosure, Financial Information, Forensic Consulting, Health Imaging, Health Net, Hipaa Compliance, Hipaa Violations, Image Clipart, Patient Medical Records, Scope, Six Months, Thieves, Unauthorized Access | No Comments »
