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Identity Theft Blog

Welcome to the most progressive, original and free identity theft blog which includes the latest identity theft articles written by Henry Bagdasarian discussing identity protection strategies and solutions for identity fraud victims. Scroll down for the latest identity management articles or check out the sections of your interest on the navigation bar.

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Recent Articles



Yahoo Email Account

My Yahoo email account information along with others were illegally accessed and used to send unauthorized emails to account contacts.

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Identity Management Careers

The list of identity management careers is growing and provides a vast array of career opportunities requiring a special set of skills depending on the job duties within an organization.

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Company Identity Theft

Similar to consumers, businesses are not immune to identity theft and in fact company identity theft is a serious threat to any business with credit lines and great reputation.

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Medical Identity Theft

Fraud resulting from medical identity theft is on the rise and can be devastating for the victims of identity theft due to the wrongful medical bills and medication.

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Red Flags Rules

The Red Flags rules are the set of requirements that financial institutions and creditors must follow to implement the necessary controls to prevent, detect and respond to identity theft.

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Automatic Card Reload

Using a store card has many benefits; however, other related options such as automatic card reload of funds may introduce many risks which may not be worth the benefits.

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Identity Theft News, Analysis And Commentaries

Become informed and read the latest identity theft news, commentaries and analysis.

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Password Protection

There are many strategies for selecting, remembering, and using passwords. This article discusses some of the password management strategies for maximum password protection.

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Identity Validation

There are in general three types of information used for identity validation. Such information can provide false identification if they are compromised.

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Total Identity Protection

A total identity protection requires an understating of identity protection limitations as well as balanced measures to address all identity theft risks.

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Validated Authorization

Validated authorization along with reduced levels of identity obesity is the best combination for low cost identity theft and fraud prevention.

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Managing Linkedin Connections

Many professionals use Linkedin for managing their professional networks, however, managing Linkedin connections should not be taken lightly if solid relationships are desired.

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Phishing Scams

When you get urgent email messages from your bank asking you to take immediate actions, you need to validate the authenticity of the sender and carefully deal with phishing scams.

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Public Information

Many of our personal information can become public information due to our careless identity management practices.

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Certified Identity Protection Advisor ™

Become a Certified Identity Protection Advisor ™ (CIPA). Learn about this identity theft certification and exam process.

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Employing Ex Hackers

Employing ex hackers to help identify computer security vulnerabilities is a smart idea as they are highly skilled, but such actions must be carefully managed.

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Disgruntled Employee

A disgruntled employee is a business threat and risk that should be taken seriously, especially during massive business changes.

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Identity Management Institute

Identity Management Institute is established to redefine the identity management field, help professionals connect to one another, increase identity risk awareness and help solve identity challenges.

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Prank Internet Messages

Prank internet messages are on the rise as our use of the social networking sites increases.

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Card Verification Code (CVC)

Not only a credit card verification code doesn’t improve card security, but it can facilitate credit card fraud.

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Identity Reset

Identity reset is an available and last option to resolve severe identity theft and fraud cases.

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Stimulus Fraud

Due to the recession and the government efforts to turn the economy around, economy stimulus fraud will hit families in more than one ways.

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Identity Theft Lawsuits

I've recently been asked what the future holds for companies and consumers from an identity theft risk standpoint. My answer is more identity theft lawsuits.

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The 50 Best Safety and Security Blogs

This identity theft website has once again been named one of the top professional blogs on the Internet. You can also find other great blogs on the list. This site is the #7 on the list.

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IdentityMate Consulting

IdentityMate is an identity risk management firm providing solutions to both consumers and companies.

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Privacy or Security

Some people still lack the knowledge about the privacy or security roles. This article might shed some light on their differences and similarities.

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Tax Filer Identity Theft Risks

File your taxes very carefully and consider these tax filer identity theft related risks.

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Identity Fraud Affidavit

An identity fraud affidavit is a document that helps identity theft victims document the facts related to their identity fraud before contacting the police or the affected companies.

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Dispute Identity Fraud

You must effectively dispute identity fraud charges and accounts if you want to make sure you are not held responsible for the fraud and protect your credit report and its information.

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Organize Tax Documents

We need a complete list of tax documents for filing our taxes correctly. To ensure the completeness of our documents, we need to be very paper organized.

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Kaiser loses personal information

Kaiser Permanente has notified 29,500 of its Northern California employees that a security breach has led to the release of their personal information, including social security numbers.

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Security Breach at Monster.com

Monster reported on January 23, 2009 that their database was illegally accessed and certain contact and account data were taken, including Monster user IDs and passwords, email addresses, names, phone numbers, and some basic demographic data. Monster stated the information accessed does not include resumes. Monster stated they do not generally collect – and the accessed information does not include - sensitive data such as social security numbers or personal financial data.

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Identity Hostage

With a downward economy, taking an identity hostage to commit a quick cash fraud is on the rise today and will most likely increase with the widely used biometric access management systems.

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Poor Identity Management

The purpose of this article is to discuss poor identity management practices on the part of business management and consumers which lead to identity theft, fraud, and privacy violations.

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2008 Security Incidents

It was recently reported that the 2008 security incidents were on the rise compared to 2007 and there are very good reasons why. Let's explore the causes for these incidents.

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