Timeshare Marketing Scams
The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has announced that timeshare owners across the country are being scammed out of millions of dollars by unscrupulous companies that promise to sell or rent the unsuspecting victims’ timeshares. In the typical scam, timeshare owners receive unexpected or uninvited telephone calls or e-mails from criminals posing as sales representatives for a timeshare resale company.
Twenty Questions for 2012 IT Strategy Documents
In the first Dan’s New Leaf post of 2012, Dan articulates twenty areas to consider as you prepare, review, or renew your Information Technology Strategy.
Twenty Eleven
A final “Dan’s New Leaf” post for 2011 . . . . the top ten issues we faced in 2011 that will impact what we do in 2012.
Holiday Traveling With Personal Internet-Enabled Devices
The internet is at our fingertips with the widespread use of internet-enabled devices such as smart phones and tablets. When traveling and shopping anytime, and especially during the holidays, consider the wireless network you are using when you complete transactions on your device.
Shredding: New and Old Risks
There is no such thing as Information Security, because controls that work today won’t always work. Why we need to repeat the risk management cycle annually, using the weakening of “shredding” as a control.
Healthcare Breaches: Do They Even Matter?
An article posted by CSOonline.com has indicated that while the healthcare industry moves to invest billions into electronic health records, a steady trail of breaches and broken promises of security is starting to take its toll on patient trust.
Magnificent Seven Branchless Banking Risk Management Kit
Get ready, the Branchless Banking Risk Management Kit is Coming!
Masquerading Web site: Helpwithmybank.com
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has been informed that the above-mentioned Web site, “helpwithmybank.com,” is attempting to masquerade as the legitimate Web site, “helpwithmybank.gov,” and contains potentially damaging malware.
Counterfeit Cashier’s Checks
Just passing along a notice we received from the OCC.
The Customer Awareness Control
Infotex has released a White Paper in response to the customer awareness training requirements of the June 28th Supplement to the 2005 Authentication Guidance released by the FFIEC. The goal was to pull everything we know about customer awareness training into one place. Thank you to Gary Kern and John Mickle of MutualBank for granting permission to release this white paper to our friends!