Entries by Robert Siciliano

Identity Theft Expert and Speaker on Personal Security Chastises Lobbying Groups’ Attempt to Weaken States’ Credit Freeze Laws

July 20, 2007 in , , , , /by

(BOSTON, Mass. – July 20, 2007 – IDTheftSecurity.com) News reports have documented industry lobbyists’ efforts to roll back credit freeze legislation. Robert Siciliano, a widely televised and quoted personal security and identity theft expert, said no one should disallow consumers from freezing their credit. According to Siciliano, the credit freeze is the best recourse available…

Identity Theft: Expert and Speaker on Personal Security Joins MyLaptopGPS™ in Challenging Organizations to Improve Laptop Computer Security

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(BOSTON, Mass. – July 11, 2007 – IDTheftSecurity.com) The Department of Homeland Security has found a major U.S. federal agency’s laptop computers to be poorly secured. Robert Siciliano, a widely televised and quoted personal security and identity theft expert, urged organizations to reconsider their lax laptop security policies and turn to MyLaptopGPS™, an affordable Internet-based…

Identity Theft: New Technologies Can End the Use of Social Security Numbers as Universal Identifiers—Identity Theft Expert and Speaker on Personal Security

July 3, 2007 in , /by

(BOSTON, Mass. – July 5, 2007 – IDTheftSecurity.com) A report by the General Accounting Office recently indicated that Social Security numbers (SSNs) remain available to potential theft. Robert Siciliano, a widely televised and quoted personal security and identity theft expert, called the situation inexcusable and pointed to examples of new technologies that can end the…

Identity Theft: Unsecured Laptops Contribute to Consumer Confidence–Sapping Data Breaches—Identity Theft Expert and Speaker on Personal Security

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(BOSTON, Mass. – June 26, 2007 – IDTheftSecurity.com) As research continued to show that data breaches severely undercut consumer confidence, Robert Siciliano, a widely televised and quoted personal security and identity theft expert, urged organizations to secure their mobile computers with GPS tracking technology from MyLaptopGPS™. “The unrelenting spate of data breaches that continually threatens…

Identity Theft: Synthetic Identity Fraud Outpaces Countermeasures Designed to Battle Identity Thieves—Identity Theft Expert and Speaker on Personal Security

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(BOSTON, Mass. – June 22, 2007 – IDTheftSecurity.com) Crafty renditions on the basic crime of identity theft have proliferated to become widespread threats surprising the news media and catching industry and governments unprepared. According to Robert Siciliano, a widely televised and quoted personal security and identity theft expert, authorities ought to have anticipated synthetic identity…

Identity Theft: Military Personnel and Their Relatives Are at a Unique Risk—Identity Theft Expert and Speaker on Personal Security

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(BOSTON, Mass. – June 20, 2007 – IDTheftSecurity.com) Numerous news stories have reported that identity thieves and similar scammers are targeting military personnel and families. Robert Siciliano, a widely televised and quoted personal security and identity theft expert, echoed others in calling the trend an inevitable consequence of the casual, widespread use of Social Securities…

Identity Theft: Research May Support Decisions to Create Computer Security Alert System in Europe—Identity Theft Expert and Speaker on Personal Security

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(BOSTON, Mass. – June 8, 2007 – IDTheftSecurity.com) News reports have indicated that a group of countries in the European Union made major strides in finalizing an alert system for business computer security. Robert Siciliano, a widely televised and quoted personal security and identity theft expert, welcomed the development as he pointed to a London-based…

Identity Theft: Unmonitored Data May Be Online and Susceptible to Theft—Identity Theft Expert and Speaker on Personal Security

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(BOSTON, Mass. – June 1, 2007 – IDTheftSecurity.com) Research has suggested that industry has not done enough to secure sensitive data that resides on enterprise networks. According to Robert Siciliano, a widely televised and quoted personal security and identity theft expert, this and other news again raises question regarding how to protect unknown quantities of…

Identity Theft: P2P Networks Invite Online Thieves—Identity Theft Expert and Speaker on Personal Security

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(BOSTON, Mass. – May 21, 2007 – IDTheftSecurity.com) Robert Siciliano, a personal security and identity theft expert, has demonstrated on television how file-sharing programs can render the contents of a computer’s hard viewable to online thieves. A new study has now shown that peer-to-peer network users may be inadvertently contributing to security breaches. “Parents should…

Identity Theft: Expert Lauds Massachusetts’ New Credit Freeze Law—Identity Theft Expert and Speaker on Personal Security

May 17, 2007 in , /by

(BOSTON, Mass. – May 18, 2007 – IDTheftSecurity.com) Last week, both houses of the Massachusetts legislature passed versions of a bill that grants residents of the state the right to freeze access to their credit reports. Robert Siciliano, a widely televised and quoted personal security and identity theft expert, said consumers’ access to the credit…