FREE AND PAID WI-FI PRESENTS TREASURE TROVE FOR ID THIEVES ACCORDING TO ID THEFT EXPERT JIM STICKLEY
Id Thieves Can Imitate Wi-Fi Services, Causing Consumers and Their Employers’ Networks to Fall Victim to ID Theft
BATON ROUGE, La. – (Apr. 12, 2007) – TraceSecurity, a leading provider of on-demand security compliance management solutions, announced today that its CTO has demonstrated how ID thieves can imitate Wi-Fi services and lure unsuspecting consumers into an ID theft nightmare. During today’s broadcast of NBC’s TODAY show, Jim Stickley demonstrated how Wi-Fi at a hotel can present the perfect bait for ID thieves. The purpose of the segment was to demonstrate how an ID thief could offer their own Wi-Fi service from within a hotel and lure unsuspecting guests into using their Wi-Fi service. Once the guest logged onto the ID thief’s Wi-Fi service, the thief would be able to gain access to the guest’s laptop, Internet communications as well as their company’s network if they were trying to gain access to it.
“Wi-Fi connections are just another sweet spot for ID thieves to exploit and gain access to personally identifiable information, or worse yet, access to a company’s network should the individual try to use Wi-Fi to gain that access,” said Jim Stickley, CTO and co-founder of TraceSecurity. “Identity theft and cyber spying scams are becoming too commonplace during our lifetime, so it’s important to remind the public just how guarded they need to be when it comes to protecting not only their personal information but also their employer’s data, too.”
To watch the ongoing series on identity theft and cyber spying scams, as seen on NBC’s Today Show, please visit NBC’s TODAY show site located at: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032633. To watch the video, please click on the screen “Dangers of wi-fi”.
About TraceSecurity
TraceSecurity is a leading provider of security compliance and risk management solutions. The company helps organizations of all sizes to achieve, maintain and demonstrate security compliance while significantly improving their security posture. Key to TraceSecurity’s success is the company’s comprehensive patent-pending methodology that helps clients address all of the critical components of a successful security compliance program; people, process and technology.
TraceSecurity delivers its solutions through an integrated software-as-a-service platform backed by expert professional services and comprehensive security awareness programs. The company’s flagship offering, TraceCompliance Manager, is the first comprehensive solution to automate regulatory compliance audits, board level reporting, policy management, vulnerability assessment, and employee education and testing. The company’s expert professional services include onsite risk assessments, security audits, and social engineering. The security awareness programs include an exhaustive set of standard offerings as well as custom designed courses. With over 500 clients, TraceSecurity supports the risk management and security compliance efforts of organizations in financial services, healthcare, insurance, government and other regulated sectors. For more information, please visit www.tracesecurity.com.
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