Identity theft

How to minimize your risk of becoming a victim!

John R. Vacca

506 pages, parution le 02/10/2002

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Résumé

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. ContentsPart I: Identify theft fundamentals

Identify theft defined
Minimizing your risk of identity theft
Detecting, reporting, and recovering from identity theft

Part II: Identify theft protection on the Internet

Identify theft on the Internet
Prevention methods for Internet site operators
Protecting the identity information of customers
Internet site operator testing and performance of identity

Part III: Identity protection for corporations

Protecting the identity information of customers and employees
Guidelines for protecting the identity and confidentiality of personal information when working outside the corporate office
Management of ongoing identity theft prevention and protection techniques

Part IV: Identity theft future solutions and technologies

Biometrics
Digital signatures: smart, optical, and other advanced cards
Encryption
E-commerce security
Data mining
Summary, conclusions and recommendations

Part V: Appendices

L'auteur - John R. Vacca

John R. Vacca is an Information Technology and Air-and-Space Freelance Research Contract Writer/Consultant based in Houston. Since 1982, John has authored and published over 300 articles and 13 books in the areas of programming, systems development,
multimedia, and the Internet. His articles have appeared in hundreds of magazines including Byte, Internet World, and Computer World. John was also a configuration management specialist, computer specialist, and the computer security official for
NASA's space station program (Freedom) and the Alpha program, from 1988 until his early retirement from NASA in 1995.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Prentice Hall
Auteur(s)	John R. Vacca
Parution	02/10/2002
Nb. de pages	506
Format	17,7 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	983g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780130082756