Cyber Security Headwinds: It’s about Self Peservation

by Dovell Bonnett | Feb 20, 2012 | Cyber Security, Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft, Online Security

Cyber Attacks and Cyber Distrust Drives Older Technologies. I recently commented in my LinkedIn Smartcard Group to a posting about why The USPS was promoting their “snail mail over email. Some commentors argued that promoting older technologies like...

IRS Refunds Stolen

by Dovell Bonnett | Feb 16, 2012 | Cyber Security, Data Security, Identity Theft, Multifactor Authentication,, Password Management

The Miami IRS is reporting an overwhelming number of ID theft cases involving IRS refunds stolen. When hearing that IRS refunds stolen and the pain it is causing people then politicians will remember Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party Rallies as intimate...

Don’t Surrender Online Security for Convenience

by Dovell Bonnett | Feb 1, 2012 | Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft, Password Management

Who has the best password manager for online security? Online security is now more important with cyber attacks are on the rise in 2012. That is the prediction by many security experts. Individuals, industries and agencies are all trying to find safeguards that will...

Smart Card Alliance Weakly Defends The Industry

by Dovell Bonnett | Jan 25, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft, Multifactor Authentication,, Password Authentication, Power LogOn, Smartcards

The Smart Card Alliance offers platitudes but don’t identify the culprits! The Smart Card Alliance released their weak response to the recent Sykipot Tojan attack which hijacked the Department of Defense authentication smartcards. Unlike hypothetical attacks on...

Identity Theft and Political Chicanery

by Dovell Bonnett | Jan 24, 2012 | Identity Theft

Recently there was a story about the arrest of a former Obama campaign staffer who was caught in a scheme to impersonate Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz. It is unclear at this point whether the intention of Zach Edwards was to use Mr. Schultz’s personally...

Preventing Physical Identity Theft

by Dovell Bonnett | Jan 11, 2012 | Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft

Source: Online Identity Theft Protection for Dummies by Dovell Bonnett Physical identity theft occurs when thieves come in close contact with their victims or the information they’re stealing. For example, thieves may engage in dumpster diving where they look...