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About the Author: ROBERT SICILIANO, CEO of IDTheftSecurity.com is fiercely committed to informing, educating, and empowering Americans so they can be protected from violence and crime in the physical and virtual worlds. His “tell it like it is” style is sought after by major media outlets, executives in the C-Suite of leading corporations, meeting planners, and community leaders to get the straight talk they need to stay safe in a world in which physical and virtual crime is commonplace. Siciliano is accessible, real, professional, and ready to weigh in and comment at a moment’s notice on breaking news.


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Almost 5% of Smartphones Lost Every Year

McAfee and Ponemon Institute recently released “The Lost Smartphone Problem,” a study that attempts to determine how many employees’ smartphones are lost or stolen, and the consequences of these lost cell phones on various organizations. Among the 439 sample organizations, the number of missing smartphones is significant: 142,708 in one year. Approximately 62% of smartphones […]

Redefining Privacy Today

Privacy is really -and only- what you say or do within your own home with the shades down that is (generally legal) and between you and your love-ones that is not being communicated, recorded, broadcasted or reproduced in any way online or in a public forum. In the past 5 years we have learned that […]

Protect Privacy Shopping After Holiday Bargains

To my dismay, every time I buy something from a new online retailer, I have to register to create yet another user account, which means yet another password, and yet another company that may lose or sell my data or send me spam. Fortunately, there are steps we can take in order to stay secure and protect […]

One in Three Massachusetts Residents’ Records Breached

Massachusetts has one of the most stringent data protection laws on the books. Businesses are required to disclose data breaches, and companies are now reporting when even a single individual’s information has been compromised. Despite strict laws and security requirements, companies are continually being hacked in record numbers. And if major businesses still being hacked despite […]

Ghosting Identity Theft Scams

There are generally 2 types of financial identity theft. New account fraud and account takeover. New account fraud Identity theft can occur when someone opens a new credit card in your name, maxes it out, and doesn’t pay the bill. Account takeover Identity theft can also occur when a bad guy gets your information, uses […]