Online Privacy & Identity Theft
MACS 101 Video Project
Shot using a Nikon digital SLR camera and a Motorola Droid X2 phone. Editing and music done using iMovie and GarageBand. All material used under Fair Use.
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Identity Theft video project
A project that me and a few fellow students did in web design about internet safety. The idea behind this was mainly because of my addiction to twitter, thus it’s used in the video for the networking/stealing of identity. So I must say, thank you twitter for not being blocked at my school! Now… how the does Justin Timberlake come into this? Well… It’s because a classmate mentioned him being the sexiest man alive then we just decided to have him in the film.
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BioSig-ID Signature Biometrics | ID Verification | How-To Multi-factor Authentication
Overview how-to video for BioSig-ID – ID verification system. Biometric Signature ID is a Dallas-based software company, Biometric Signature ID, Inc. (BSI), provides solutions to reduce identity fraud through its’ patented BioSig-ID Online™ biometric handwriting and gesture technologies. Activation is from any mouse, stylus, or touchpad on any PC anywhere, anytime. BioSig-ID captures how you write/draw your signature including your speed, direction, angle, and length, which are unique to each individual. Users enroll one time to create a profile (stored in a secure database) and thereafter validate their identity in seconds. BioSig-ID stops identity fraud by restricting access to only registered users who verify themselves against their stored biometric profile. To learn more about how BSI solutions can help with your Identity proofing needs visit our web site at http://www.biosig-id.com or call us at (800) 871-2817.
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HOUSTON 8: “Big Brother is Watching You, Pt II The Holidays and Identity Theft”, Episode 131
At this time of year we tend to rush around from place to place trying to get our holiday shopping done, often not realizing the many clues we leave behind about who we are, where we live, and what we desire. What can we do to preserve our identity, our money and our personal security? Ernie Manouse talks with guests: Dennis Adams, Ph.D, University of Houston; Christopher Bronk, Ph.D, Baker Institute, Rice University; and Officer Jacob Webb, Houston Police Department; about identity theft, and the tools and techniques used to commit this very common crime. http://www.houstonpbs.org
Duration : 0:26:47
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Cyber Security News Wrap-up for November 2009: Data privacy, NSA, Linux, Power Grid
H.R.2165 – Bulk Power System Protection Act of 2009
To amend Part II of the Federal Power Act to address known cybersecurity threats to the reliability of the bulk power system, and to provide emergency authority to address future cybersecurity threats to the reliability of the bulk power system, and for other purposes.
S.1490 – Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009
A bill to prevent and mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy, to provide notice of security breaches, and to enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information
http://www.pcworld.com/article/181549/senate_panel_approves_databreach_notification_bills.html
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has approved two bills that would require organizations with data breaches to report them to potential victims.
The Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted to approve both the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act and the Data Breach Notification Act by large majorities.
The Data Breach Notification Act, sponsored by Senator Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, would require U.S. agencies and businesses that engage in interstate commerce to report data breaches to victims whose personal information “has been, or is reasonably believed to have been, accessed, or acquired.”
Feinstein’s bill would also require agencies and businesses to report large data breaches to the U.S. Secret Service
The Personal Data Privacy and Security Act would also require that organizations that maintain personal data give notice to potential victims and law-enforcement authorities when they have a data breach. It would increase criminal penalties for electronic-data theft and allow people to have access to, and correct, personal data held by commercial data brokers.
The second bill, sponsored by Senator Patrick Leahy, the Judiciary Committee chairman and a Vermont Democrat, would also require the U.S. government to establish rules protecting privacy and security when it uses information from commercial data brokers.
Several tech groups have called for the U.S. Congress to pass national data-breach notification legislation. Since a series of high-profile data breaches in early 2005, about 45 states have passed data-breach notification laws.
It’s difficult for companies to comply with the separate state laws, officials from cybersecurity product vendor Symantec have said.
Symantec CEO Enrique Salem sent a letter to the committee Wednesday in support of the Leahy data-breach bill.
The Leahy bill “is a major step forward towards enacting a comprehensive, uniform national framework to better prevent breaches of sensitive consumer information as well as setting a clear standard for effective notification should a breach occur,” Salem wrote.
Symantec supports the bill’s language saying that if personal data is encrypted or otherwise rendered unusable, organizations don’t have to report the data breach, the letter said. The committee has recognized “there are widely accepted industry best practices and standards for data security that companies can look to as a road map for compliance when protecting electronic data,” Salem wrote.
The Business Software Alliance, a trade group, also praised the committee for approving both bills.
“In recent years, hundreds of millions of individual records containing sensitive personal information have been involved in computer security breaches,” BSA President and CEO Robert Holleyman said in a statement. “The frequency and severity of data breaches have prompted more than 45 states to pass data security laws, creating a confusing patchwork quilt of regulations.”
Both bills now head to the full Senate for votes. The timeline for action in the Senate is unclear.
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