With so much in the news recently about data breach notification, the red flag rules, and information security and privacy laws, our team thought that some reading on the topic of online fraud from an insider’s view and also a discussion of some of the tools of their trade, would be great handout material to all risk managers and members of contingency planning groups in any organization.

We recommend that you read this article written by Linda McGlasson, Managing Editor of Government Info Security.

Check out this interesting twist on the term “visual yield” and how it can promote more support from executive management for the CIO and IT risk managers in your organization.  The way to make it all work is to read an article by Ed Moyle, a contributing writer for TechNewsWorld.

Online piracy affects more than the movie industry.  An article written by Julia King,  a contributing writer to  and originally published by ComputerWorld, was recently reprinted by The Industry Standard to remind all risk managers to be watchful of the continuing risks that online piracy activities most certainly present to their organizations.

We support the belief that Internet Service Providers have a responsibility to monitor online piracy activity, validate such occurences  and to shut down all such activity as quickly as possible.  

With online piracy now confirmed to be much more that simply providing pirated copies of the latest movie DVD mostly to individuals, it is necessary for risk managers to put this topic on their agenda for all business continuity and contingency planning meetings.

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