Identity Theft

• Protect yourself against the fastest growing crime in America
• Practical solutions for businesses, organizations, and individuals
• Planning, designing, testing, and deploying effective anti-ID theft systems
• Identifying, investigating, and recovering from identity theft
• Biometrics and other emerging technological solutions

Protect yourself against the fastest growing crime in America: identity theft!

This year, nearly one million people will become victims of the fastest growing crime in America: identity theft. Now, there's a complete guide to preventing it, detecting it, and recovering from it. Written for technology professionals, security specialists, law enforcement professionals, and technology-aware laypeople, Identity Theft covers every facet of the problem—and every countermeasure. It's an indispensable resource—whether you want to protect yourself, your customers, or your citizens.

• Practical solutions for individuals, corporations, non-profit institutions, and Internet Service Providers
• Multifaceted responses that involve businesses, consumers, and public policy
• How to analyze risks to your system on an end-to-end basis
• How to plan, design, test, and deploy effective anti-ID theft policies, systems, and technologies
• Emerging anti-ID theft planning and development technologies and solutions
• Extensive case studies and hands-on examples, as well as the latest field and trial experiments
• Identifying, investigating, and recovering from identity theft

From simple personal steps you can take right now, to state-of-the-art biometrics and encryption solutions, John R. Vacca covers everything you need to know to fight identity theft—and win.

Table of Contents

Foreword.
Introduction.
Acknowledgments.

I. IDENTITY THEFT FUNDAMENTALS.

1. Identity Theft Defined.
2. Minimizing Your Risk of Identity Theft. Guarding Against Identity Theft to Minimize Your Risk. Basic Security Precautions. Identifying Documents. End Notes.
3. Detecting, Reporting, and Recovering From Identity Theft.

II. IDENTITY THEFT PROTECTION ON THE INTERNET.

4. Identity Theft on the Internet.
5. Prevention Methods for Internet Site Operators.
6. Protecting the Identity Information of Customers.
7. Internet Site Operator Testing and Performance of Identity Theft Protection Techniques.

III. IDENTITY PROTECTION FOR CORPORATIONS.

8. Protecting the Identity Information of Customers and Employees.
9. Guidelines for Protecting the Identity and Confidentiality of Personal Information When Working Outside the Corporate Office.
10. Management of Ongoing Identity Theft Prevention and Protection Techniques.

IV. IDENTITY THEFT FUTURE SOLUTIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES.

11. Biometrics.
12. Digital Signatures: Smart, Optical, and Other Advanced Cards.
13. Encryption.
14. E-Commerce Security.
15. Data Mining.
16. Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations.

APPENDICES.

Appendix A. Identity Theft Federal Laws Listing.
Appendix B. Identity Theft State Laws Listing.
Appendix C. Identity Theft Reports, Testimony, and Comments Listing.
Appendix D. Identity Theft Cases and Scams Listing.
Appendix E. Identity Theft Affidavit.
Appendix F. Glossary.
Index