Millions of college graduates getting ready to embark upon the real world this year will find they are fighting for positions within an increasingly competitive job market. New suits, polished resumes, determination, optimism, and persistence can make all the difference in making it to the second interview… …but it’s that first interview that will prove [...]
Hollywood, as we all know, loves to tap the vein of “trendy” for everything it’s worth. This is nothing new if you look back on the history of cinema. Silent films gave way to Talkies. Black and white eventually yielded to color. Cinemascope gave moviegoers a wider perspective on things. Horror movies like The Tingler [...]
Welcome to the IDGuardian Podcast. These audio and video columns can be listened and or viewed to in a variety of ways: Through the blog via the media player found in this blogpost Through a manual download by clicking on the “Download” link By subscribing through iTunes This episode features Neal O’Farrell, a nationally recognized [...]
Sometimes it’s hard to see the progress being made in the fight against identity theft, especially when you’re on the front lines. That’s why I was encouraged by data from the 2010 Javelin Strategy & Research Identity Fraud Survey Report showing that more than half of identity theft victims surveyed filed police reports, resulting in [...]
If you are like us here at IDGuardian, you may be working on building yourself a Social Media presence. It could be for community outreach, a ways and means of increasing your business, or simply for fun. With any new technology, though, comes understanding; and sadly Social Media is becoming the proverbial “blinking 12:00 a.m.” [...]
The following special blog post is the conclusion of a note from Intersections VP, of Information Security, Tim Rohrbaugh. The second day of briefings was honestly a blur. I couldn’t help but focus on the ancillary details that each presenter offered. Each presenter – I managed to attend only one out of three tracks – [...]
Yesterday started with a stir across the popular social network, Twitter, as Mashable.com (with the help of blogger Andrew Girdwood) put its users on high alert: Numerous Twitter users are pointing out that Twitter forced them to change their passwords out of the blue. According to blogger Andrew Girdwood, these users have received an e-mail [...]
The easiest thing to do in scoping out the electronic privacy landscape for 2010 would be to decry the incredible alignment of factors guaranteeing that next year has little hope of serving some sort of turning point compared to what we’ve seen of late. But rather than merely highlighting the fact that according to PrivacyRightsClearinghouse’s [...]
Like most Facebook users, last week as I checked my Facebook page, up popped a message announcing some changes to Facebook’s privacy rules. And like most users I know, I just clicked on the Skip button and moved on to the interesting stuff. But I won’t be able to skip for long. Facebook announced last [...]
In our previous posting, we looked at the dangers of Identity Theft for our kids. We asked the tough questions about how prepared our children are, and considered the scary notion of just how vulnerable children can be to fraud, scams, and identity theft. The tips we offered could be applied to any age of [...]
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