| WA attorney general McKenna launches re-election bid
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Republican Attorney General Rob McKenna launched his 2008 re-election campaign on Wednesday, touting his first-term work fighting identity theft and methamphetamine abuse. McKenna, a former King County councilman, was first elected attorney general in 2004. He is one of three Republicans to hold statewide elected office, along with Secretary of State Sam Reed and Public Lands Commissioner Doug Sutherland. In an interview, McKenna said his travels around the state working on consumer protection, crime and open government issues have helped him connect with Washingtonians. "I just need to do my job every day, and that's the most important thing I can do to persuade the voters to give me another four years," he said. McKenna filed paperwork to seek a second term shortly after winning the attorney general's seat in 2004.
Young Couple Lives Large Through ID Theft
A young Pennsylvania couple has been charged with using a combination of old-fashioned and high-tech burglary techniques to help fuel a globe-hopping, luxury lifestyle. Edward Anderton, 25, and Jocelyn Kirsch, 22, were arrested last Friday on suspicion of identity theft, forgery, and unlawful use of a computer. They voluntarily returned to Philadelphia police headquarters to answer to additional charges, including theft and burglary. A Pennsylvania judge doubled Anderton's bail to $100,000 and Kirsch's to $75,000 after prosecutors pointed out that the couple has been evicted from the upscale apartment where they had been living and now have no fixed address. The couple spent last night in jail, but are expected to post bail Thursday. Something Old, Something New The primary victims of the crime spree were the neighbors of the alleged perpetrators at the Belgravia, located in Rittenhouse Square not far from Philadelphia's City Hall.
Ideas in Motion: Anthony Munns Assesses Risk and Rewards
It's a pressure-packed meeting and the business executives are worried. With the daily newspapers and talk shows full of news on yet another security breach and identity theft incident, the higher-ups are trying to figure out how to protect their data and systems. More importantly, they want to ensure their technology and supporting information provides the necessary and much-needed peace of mind they must have for their customers and themselves.
As the group surmises its present processes won't get the job done, they realize they need help. That's where Anthony J. Munns, CISA, CIRM, CPIM, comes in.
Munns is head of the Risk Management Services practice for Brown Smith Wallace, LLC in St. Louis, Mo., where he performs IT audit, security, HIPAA implementation services and technology attest reviews, including SAS 70 reviews.
DataPlay Takes Leadership Role in TCG's New Optical Storage Subgroup
LONGMONT, Colo., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- DPHI, Inc. / DataPlay, a leader in advanced optical storage solutions, announced today its leadership of the Optical Storage Subgroup (OSS) within Trusted Computing Group's Storage Work Group (SWG). In this role, DataPlay will help set the design for the world's first optical burner to support Trusted Computing Group's storage specification. "We are pleased to contribute to the Trusted Computing Group and its Storage Work Group. There is a large market opportunity for a 'trusted optical drive,' which will serve as a remedy for data loss and identity theft. In a 2006 study conducted by Ponemon Institute LLC, 81% of companies it surveyed had lost one or more laptop computers containing sensitive information. A related study by the same group found 74% of organizations that experienced a data breach lost customers.
CNRSW FFSC gives support for identity theft victims
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) estimates that as many as nine million Americans have their identities stolen each year. Some identity theft victims repair their problems quickly, while others may take years and hundreds of dollars to repair their good name and credit record.
The CNRSW Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC) offers an identity theft brief year-round to help service members and their families combat id theft. "Families must be constantly vigilant," said Deborah Johnston, FFSC, financial educator.
There are several ways to prevent id theft. Don't give out personal information over the phone, through the mail or over the internet unless you are sure who you are dealing with. Johnston feels that giving out personal information freely is where a lot of people get in trouble.
Considering the amount private info that goes into a mailbox, keep it ...
| Stand-alone mailboxes are like treasure chests. They can hold missives from family, bills, junk mail, birthday cards -- but more importantly, correspondence with personal information.
Mailboxes need security measures, such as locks and keys, to keep prying people from seeing or stealing private letters. They also can help minimize vandalism.
''It's a big issue -- mail theft,'' says Bruce Franklin, who owns All Valley Masonry in Fresno, Calif., and has built custom mailboxes for the last 12 years. ''It's not about [stealing] a check anymore. It's about identity theft.''
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