Theft

Shrink Busters: How IT Is Helping Retailers Fight Theft

CIO — It's difficult to be a customer-focused retailer these days if you're too busy worrying that your employees are stealing merchandise and money from right under your nose-and contributing to the $40 billion shrink problem that has slammed hard ...More…

After Theft, Tech Support Call Lands Man in Jail

CIO — Here's a tip: if you steal a printer, don't call the manufacturer asking for driver software. It's a lesson that Timothy Scott Short learned all too well this month, when he was arrested after placing a couple of calls to Digimarc Corp.'s ...More…

Security Expert Charged With Credit Card Theft

CIO — A California man who served jail time for hacking hundreds of military and government computers nine years ago was charged on Sept. 11 with new computer crimes: stealing tens of thousands of credit card accounts by breaking into bank and card ...More…

Abagnale: Top Tips to Prevent Identity Theft and Fraud

CIO — Forty years ago, few people could have predicted that identity theft would become as big an epidemic as it is today. Few could have imagined protecting your ID would mean taking mail to the post office instead of leaving it in our mailboxes for ...More…

London Oyster Card Chip Maker Seeks to Gag Security Boffins

CIO — London Oyster card chip maker has sued a university to prevent it from publishing a study that reveals security flaws in the company's RFID chip. MORE ON CIO.com RFID: Thinking Outside of the Supply Chain The World's Biggest Market for RFID ...More…

How to Calculate the Cost of a Data Breach

CIO — Want to know just how much a data breach is likely to end up costing your company? Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc. may be able to help. The Farmington, Conn.-based technology liability insurance company has released a free online calculator ...More…

TJX Data Breach: Ignore Cost Lessons and Weep

CIO — The Department of Justice's indictment of 11 people for hacking nine major U.S. retailers and the theft and sale of more than 40 million credit and debit card numbers highlights the global scope of today's hacker threat. While monetary costs are . ...More…

My Company Has Had a Data Breach. What Do I Do?

CIO — Measures that can help preserve your company's reputation in the event of a data breach can also be a competitive differentiator. They can even increase business. The Department of Justice's indictment of 11 people for the organized hacking of ...More…

Secunia Personal Software Inspector

CIO — To use an Internet-connected computer is to be insecure and place your privacy in danger. Spyware, viruses, Trojans and assorted malware are everywhere on the Net, trying to hop onto your PC and cause damage. Snoopers want to get at your personal ...More…

Comodo Firewall ProÂ

CIO — One of the worst privacy invaders the world has ever seen is the Internet. When you surf, Web sites can find out where you've been and can gather other information about you. Trojan horses and spyware can snoop on you. Key loggers can capture ...More…

Business Continuity Manager

CIO — A business continuity manager (BCM) creates plans to keep a company functioning after disruptive events such as natural disasters, terrorism, crime and computer and human error. They do a detailed, companywide business impact analysis and risk ...More…

Fix 1: Patch Over the Software Bull's-Eye

CIO — In the world of comic books, every bad guy is an evil genius. On the Web, hackers, spammers, and phishers may be evil, but they're not required to be geniuses. They can make a healthy living just by exploiting known security holes that many users ...More…