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How IT Helped Catch the Jewelry Thief

Bill Brenner — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

The Zale Corp. jewelry store chain is having much better luck catching burglars in real time, thanks to a little help from the IT side of the house. Loss Prevention Manager Dennis Thomas explains how the company built its high-tech command center from scratch.

IT Admin Used Inside Knowledge to Hack, Steal

Robert McMillan — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

A former IT administrator has pleaded guilty to charges of hacking his former employer and breaking into other Bay Area companies.

Election Day: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Robert McMillan — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Voter turnout could be the highest in a century.

Princeton Report Rips N.J. E-voting Machines as Easily Hackable

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Vendor challenges research, says its machines are safe and reliable.

MSNBC: Here comes 'foreclosure rescue' fraud

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Millions at risk

Dog Calls: Company Trains K-9s to Sniff Out Contraband Cell Phones

Joan Goodchild — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

A California company has developed a niche training dogs to detect illicit cell phones in correctional facilities.(So what does a cell phone smell like, you ask?)

Data Breaches Spark Hard Drive Shredding Boom

Bill Brenner — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

This is a great time to be in the hard-drive shredding business, as companies scramble to destroy data before the bad guys have a chance to steal it. A look inside the belly of the beast (includes video).

Separation of Duties and IT Security

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Muddied responsibilities create unwanted risk. Kevin Coleman says auditors may start labeling poorly defined IT duties as a material deficiency.

Monitoring the Enemy Within: Reflections on a New Internal Data Theft Study

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Who steals data, and what do they do with it? Cooper Bachman of ID Analytics scrutinizes research from a dozen data thefts resulting in 1,300 attempted instances of data misuse.

Numbers | CFEs Rank Most Important Fraud-Prevention Controls

Derek Slater — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

From the ACFE's 2008 Report to the Nation on Occupational Fraud and Abuse

Numbers | Botnets Account for 25% of Click Fraud

Derek Slater — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Click fraud rates hold steady, but the way it's perpetrated is evolving, according to the ClickFraudNetwork

How to Fraud-Proof Your Company

Bill Brenner — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Fraud experts focus on ways to combat insidious insiders at the 19th Annual Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) conference, and a convicted fraudster explains how he went down the wrong path.

Tiffany Loses Ruling; eBay's Anticounterfeiting Efforts Judged Adequate

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The luxury goods company had sought to hold eBay reponsible for more aggressively helping to prevent the sale of counterfeit goods on the auction site.

Recession Woes: What People Steal

Bill Brenner — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

With the economy tanking, security pros see a spike in old-time thievery. And what do people steal in recessionary times? Cash, clothes, cigarettes, copper - pretty much everything. (Part three in a series: How to Manage Security in a Recession)

Dual Threats: How to Build Expertise, Certifications in Multiple Subjects

Lauren Gibbons Paul — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Four professionals discuss the value of MBAs, CFAs and other certifications and degrees from beyond the security field. Should you become a 'dual threat'?