Wednesday 12 February 2014

Identity fraud hits new victim every two seconds

"To protect yourself from fraud, create strong passwords and lock electronic devices like computers and cell phones, change your passwords frequently, monitor your bank accounts and credit card statements regularly, shred personal documents, install security software on your computer and phone and avoid public Wi-Fi connections......"
http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/06/pf/identity-fraud/


In Australia you can take advantage of Identity Watch which is Veda’s cyber-monitoring product, used to "help detect fraud by constantly looking for information – such as credit and debit card numbers, phone numbers and email addresses – in places on the internet where information is known to be illegally traded."

http://www.veda.com.au/yourcreditandidentity/protect/what-identity-watch

 

Unstructured data: How to implement an early warning system for hidden risks

Managing the devil you know is difficult enough. But in risk management, it’s the devil you don’t know that can spring chaos on your organization.


Read more at: http://www.journalofaccountancy.com/Issues/2014/Jan/20126972.htm


This a US article however all businesses face the same risks....key takeaway = please don't ignore risks  :-)