Business Identity Theft

Small businesses often believe they're too small to interest identity thieves, but they're wrong. Identity thieves have an intense interest in small businesses as Jennifer and Rick learned when their small business identity was stolen by a check forgery ring dealing in gray market goods.

Small Business: Canada Guide, Susan Ward, shares 10 ways to protect your small business from identity theft. The cost of identity theft to small businesses can be in the billions; these tips are designed to help you protect your business from this type of crime.

Network Security Guide, Tony Bradley, offers up "Five Simple Steps for Companies to Avoid Being Phishing Victims." In this article, Bradley, details how to protect your company and your customers from one of the most prevalent identity theft scams on the Internet -- phishing.

Many business owners don't feel threatened by identity theft, but small businesses are increasingly being targeted. This BBB information will help you to understand the threats and learn to protect your business.

Not convinced that you should worry about identity theft as a small business owner? This Microsoft article will change your mind. It lays out the dangers of identity theft to small business owners and entrepreneurs.

Even businesses suffer from dumpster diving and phishing. This article outlines the threats and how to protect your business.

Technically speaking, a business can't be the victim of identity theft. But if you own a business, you should know that an identity theft that happens to you can close your doors for good.

Most business owners understand there are risks involved with hiring a new employee. The new landscape created by identity theft and the potential of data breach can be a minefield if proper steps are not taken early on.

Having customers creates special problems, from customer service, loss prevention. If your business is working with some sort of product or service, then it's a good idea to take a look at the different ways identity theft can impact your business.

The strangest thing about identity theft is that you don't have to be a person to have it happen. Corporate identity theft (or business identity theft) is a very real concern, whether you are a mega corporation, a mom-and-pop shop, or just run a home-based business.

Statistics say that 90% of all businesses fail during the first five years. Of the 10% that survive, 90% of those fail during the next five years. This is most often because the business owner had not taken into consideration factors that could ruin public perception, or impact his company directly.

A closer look at judgments handed down in two major cases, (Experi-Metal v. Comerica and Patco v. Ocean Bank) points to a vast difference between the Red Flags Rule, (a regulation that supposedly force banks to protect your money,) and the interpretation of those laws by our courts. Either way, consumers pay the price.

Businesses scan, print, copy, and fax information all the time. Who would have suspected that the office printer they use is really an identity thief's Trojan horse?