Nearly 200,000 unique data records have potentially fallen into the hands of identity thieves because of two high-profile laptop thefts widely reported this month.

Research has revealed that nearly 80 percent of organizations in Australia experienced some form of data breach in the past five years, with 45 percent of those breaches being traceable to laptop theft.

Recent research painted a worrisome picture of the state of data security, with clear implications for consumers, said the chief security analyst for One You Security.

News reports last week indicated that the ATF lost weapons and hundreds of laptop computers during the five-year period of 2002 to 2007. A widely televised and quoted personal security and identity theft expert said developments such as this woul ...

In late August, the sale on eBay of a computer belonging to a large European bank placed the banking details of more than one million customers in the hands of a third party. The chief security analyst for One You Security encouraged consumers to ...

Common data handling practices place consumers' data at risk of identity theft, said the widely televised and quoted chief security analyst for One You Security, LLC.

The potential, crippling financial consequences of not doing so can easily be avoided, according to a widely televised and quoted personal security and identity theft expert who directed firms to laptop tracking firm MyLaptopGPS.

Widely televised and quoted identity theft protection expert and chief security analyst for One You Security commented on an investigation and related news that revealed the vast mishandling of Social Security numbers by municipal governments.

More than 15,000 laptop computers go missing every week from airports in Europe, according to new research, which added credence to another study that showed a 6 percent year-over-year increase in laptop theft in 2007.

A large majority of U.S. consumers think personal irresponsibility is the main cause of identity theft. But the chief security analyst for One You Security, LLC, says consumers without fraud protection are in fact unaware of how little control th ...

Laptop thefts at college campuses across the U.S. have affected untold numbers of college students, who are prime targets for identity thieves, research has shown. A widely televised and quoted personal security and identity theft expert encourag ...

The results of a research investigation recently revealed an upward trend in the incidence of mortgage fraud. The best way to combat the threat is to transform Social Security numbers into something useless to thieves, said the widely televised a ...

Up to 12,000 laptop computers go missing every week at U.S. airports, research released in late June indicated. Laptop theft and loss is bound to occur, said a widely televised and quoted personal security and identity theft expert.

More than ever, consumers need a way to protect themselves as their Social Security numbers go missing with every new breach of data, according to a widely televised and quoted identity theft protection expert and chief security analyst for One Y ...

Peer-to-peer networks contain a minefield of security pitfalls, according to the widely televised and quoted chief security analyst for One You Security.

According to an industry insider, it's impossible to remove Social Security numbers from the public domain. Consumers instead need protection that renders these universal identifiers useless to the thieves who would otherwise use them to steal fi ...

Protecting financial identities is possible, but attempting to keep Social Security numbers private is not, said Robert Siciliano, widely televised and quoted identity theft protection expert and chief security analyst for One You Security.

The costs in 2008 attributable to laptop theft and its consequences are on track to exceed $1 billion by the end of the year, a running tally by laptop tracking firm MyLaptopGPS strongly suggested.

The utility of Social Security numbers as means to obtain credit fuels the pervasiveness of mortgage fraud, said the chief security analyst for One You Security.

Social Security numbers can be useless to thieves when the consumers whose information they obtain avail themselves of identity theft prevention services beforehand, according to One You Security's chief security analyst, a widely televised ident ...