Is your carefully chosen password as secure as you think it is? Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: confidential data, identity theft, passwords
As identity theft becomes a bigger problem, state governments are giving more crime-fighting responsibility to organizations that store people’s personal info — including employers. Read the rest of this entry »
Many companies run background checks while hiring to keep convicted criminals away from sensitive corporate data. Here’s a case where that strategy wouldn’t have worked. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: hacking, identity theft, prison
HR departments hold a lot of personal information about employees — which makes HR a big target for hackers. Read the rest of this entry »
Last week a Mississippi manufacturer was raided by the feds after it was discovered it had employed 600 illegal immigrants. The twist: The company used E-Verify to check the eligibility of all its hires. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Congress, e-verify, Howard Industries, identity theft, immigration
Even before Hurricane Gustav hit land, online scam artists were getting ready to take advantage of the disaster. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: donations, Gustav, identity theft, scams
In a recent court case, one company that thought it was buttoned-up against ID theft ended up paying $550K to employees because of a security breach. That’s just one example of how new data security laws are raising the stakes for HR and IT. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: data breach, employee data, HR security, identity theft
E-mail scammers have a new tactic for stealing people’s personal info: posing as their employer’s HR manager. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: e-mail scams, HR fraud, identity theft, phishing
