As the opening of tax season approaches, concern for the identity protection increases – and new reports confirm that the risk for tax identity theft is real.According to the Associated Press, The IRS has reported a significant increase in the number of identity theft cases in 2013. AP quotes the agency, saying “[As of] Tuesday [...]
In the spirit of the holiday season, December was a time for giving back and getting ready for the upcoming year. Take a look at our activities this past month and see what’s ahead for Experian in 2014.Spreading holiday cheer – in the office and local communityAt the beginning of December, we partnered with Barton [...]
The International Internet System Security Certification Consortium, or (ISC)2 released a list of recommendations for the federal government to improve upon in order to protect government systems from threats to cyber security. The recommendations focused on building up a cyber workforce as a defense against cyber attacks.InformationWeek reporter Patience Wait wrote that the federal agencies [...]
As 2013 quickly comes to a close, the security industry has begun making predictions for coming threats and trends for 2014. Here’s a collection of five recurring 2014 security predictions.1. BYOD will continue to grow – and cause risks – in the workplaceMore and more businesses are adopting “bring your own device” (BYOD) practices and [...]
Now that holiday season is in full swing and 2013 is coming to a close, we’re spending these last few months reviewing our successes and being proactive – preparing for another great year ahead. And beyond that, we’re continuing to develop new technologies, share our expertise and get out in the community. Take a closer [...]
With a considerable rise in cybersecurity threats over the past few years, organizations across industries have responded by moving information security concerns from the operational level all the way to top-tier leadership. Congruently, lobbyists from the financial industry have resurrected a push for legislative action from Washington.In his article in Forbes, Tom Groenfeldt quotes EY [...]
A recent inspector general’s report released information that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sent $4 billion in fraudulent tax returns last year to identity thieves. Many fraudulent returns were sent to Miami, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Houston and overseas countries, including Bulgaria, Lithuania and Ireland.The IRS increased efforts this past year to combat tax fraud, Associated [...]
Despite the ever-warm temperatures at our Austin headquarters, Fall has officially arrived. We welcomed the last few months of the year with a new partnership with the state of South Carolina and have been hard at work spreading the word about National Cyber Security Awareness Month, along with many companies and organizations across the nation. [...]
Fortinet recently surveyed 3,200 “Gen Y” employees ages 21 to 32 about device policies at work, and found that many are willing to break work policies when it comes to accessing personal devices or storing sensitive data on personal cloud storage. Respondents were surveyed on several topics, including the use of mobile devices at work, [...]
Raytheon recently found that millennials are uninterested careers in cyber security: less than one-quarter of the young adults surveyed showed interest in the industry at all. Additionally, Dark Reading reports, 82 percent of the millennials surveyed stated “no high school teacher or guidance counselor ever mentioned to them the idea of a career in cyber [...]
