Identity Theft - 2005
February 2005
BNA's Web Watch is prepared by Laura
Gordon-Murnane. E-mail suggestions for future weekly topics
always welcome.
Federal Government
Federal
Trade Commission
National
Consumer Protection Week
Website
National
and State Trends in Fraud and Identity Theft January December
2004 (February 1, 2005)
Synovate
Report of ID Theft Survey (September
2003)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Financial
Institution Letters
Fair
and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003
Guidelines
Requiring the Proper Disposal of Consumer Information
Interagency
Guidelines Establishing Information Security Standards
Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation - Division of Supervision and
Consumer Protection
Technology Supervision Branch
Putting
an End to Account-Hijacking Identity Theft (December
14, 2004)
Government Accountability Office
SOCIAL SECURITY
NUMBERS - Use
Is Widespread and Protections Vary in Private and Public Sectors Statement of Barbara D. Bovbjerg, Director Education, Workforce,
and Income Security Issues
(Tuesday,
September 28, 2004)
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG)
Commentary
to FDIC Putting an End to Account-Hijacking
Identity Theft
Phishing
Activity Trends Report (December,
2004)
Entrust
Inc.
Countering
On-Line Identity Theft: New Tools to help Battle Identity Theft
on the Internet
(Requires
Registration Document will be emailed to you)
Gartner Research Inc.
Litan, A. Phishing
Victims Likely Will Suffer Identity Theft Fraud, Gartner Analyst Report,May
14, 2004.
Identity Theft 911
Due Diligence Considerations
for Institutions: Seeking an Identity Theft Solution Provider (January 26, 2005)
(Contact Identity Theft 911 for copy of report) Indiana University School of Informatics
M. Jakobsson, Modeling
and Preventing Phishing Attacks, Phishing Panel of Financial
Cryptography '05.
Javelin Strategy & Research
The
2005 Identity Fraud Survey Report (January
2005) (Executive Summary)
Identity
Fraud Safety Scorecard: Banks' Identity Fraud Safety Scorecard
Reveals Measured Success And Bountiful Opportunities For
Improvement (November
2004) ( Executive Summary)
National Conference of State Legislatures
2004 Enacted
Identity Theft Legislation Unisys Corporation
Identity Theft Prevention and Detection: Are Your Branch
Banking Customers at Risk?
Websites Federal
Communications Commission
Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation h
Federal
Trade Commission ID Theft
Department
of Justice ID Theft
Justice
Department's Office for Victims of Crime
National Criminal
Justice Reference Service In the Spotlight ID Theft
Call
for Action
Consumer
Federation of America
Identity Theft Resource
Center
Privacy
Rights Clearinghouse
California
Office of Privacy Protection
Interesting
Identity Theft Findings
"Between
January and December 2004, Consumer Sentinel reported that: Credit
card fraud (28%) was the most common form of reported identity
theft followed by phone or utilities fraud (19%), bank fraud
(18%), and employment fraud (13%)." National
and State Trends in Fraud and Identity Theft January December
2004
"During
2003, almost ten million Americans discovered they were the victims
of identity theft, with a total cost to businesses and consumers
approaching $50 billion." Synovate
Report of ID Theft Survey (September
2003)
"Gartner
estimates that 57 million U.S. adults received a "phishing" attack
e-mail within the past year. More than half of those who responded
were also victims of identity theft." Litan,
A. Phishing
Victims Likely Will Suffer Identity Theft Fraud, Gartner
Analyst Report, May 14, 2004 |
