IT Security Disclosure Act

Supporting Documents and links

Identify theft ring claims more than 30,000 victims

A 33-year-old former customer service representative at a Long Island, New York, tech company, helped orchestrate a fraud scheme that has claimed more than 30,000 victims, costing them $2.7 million.

Using his position at his company's help desk and employee got access codes that other companies use to check consumer credit. Officials say he then sold to criminals credit reports that include Social Security numbers, credit card numbers and other vital personal information. Those criminals then used the information to defraud victim across the country

http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/11/26/hln.wired.id.theft/

Missile Technology Sent to China

An important U.S. high-tech manufacturer is shutting down its American operations, laying off hundreds of workers and moving sophisticated equipment now being used to make critical parts for smart bombs to the People's Republic of China.

http://www.insightmag.com/news/357426.html

Computer information thefts cost U.S. businesses $400 million each year

Ex-Hacker Warns on Electronic Security, a convicted computer hacker told lawmakers Thursday that many attacks on companies that hold consumer financial information go undetected because of poor security.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030404/ap_on_hi_te/congress_hackers_2

Tax Returns Taking Passage Through India

The accounting industry has recently begun using the burgeoning India outsourcing and technology markets to process American clients' returns. In some cases, the work being performed is replacing tasks of

U.S. accountants. So information like your salary, your bank and brokerage statements, credit card information, and anything else that you might be submitting as part of your tax return could be going to companies abroad without your knowledge.

http://www.nypost.com/business/72806.htm

Perils of Going Offshore

At the same time, using U.S.-based outsourcers can eliminate the frustrations of remote project management that overseas outsourcing entails. By using U.S. companies, for example, businesses can maintain tighter control over security and can more easily hold companies accountable. After all, do you really want to try to sue an offshore outsourcer in offshore courts?

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1008069,00.asp

U.S. jobs jumping ship

NASSCOM predicts that the Indian "business process outsourcing" industry will export $21 billion to $24 billion worth of services by 2008 and employ more than 1.1 million Indian workers. Those workers would replace about 1 million U.S. workers.

Indian call centers teaching workers to ‘speak like Americans’

More than 30,000 employees at Indian call centers, among whom Radhika becomes Ruth and Satish becomes Steve, are told to adopt American names and say they are calling from a U.S. city in order to put their American customers at ease. Their training includes a smattering of U.S. history and geography, along with speech therapy so that they will sound "American."

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,55799,00.html

Supporting Documents and links

The New HP Way: World's Cheapest Consultants

"We're trying to move everything we can offshore," HP Services chief Ann Livermore told Wall Street analysts at a meeting Wednesday. "We're aggressively realigning our resources." Short term, that means adding to the software and services personnel HP already has in India. Further out, HP expects China to also turn into a major consulting center.

http://www.forbes.com/2002/12/05/cz_qh_1205hp.html?partner=yahoo&referrer=

More Talk, Little Action in War on Cyber Terrorism

At a time when war in Iraq has heightened fears of terrorism, the technology industry is not moving quickly enough to guard against intrusions from hackers, identity thieves and more concerted attacks by rogue governments, computer experts said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030416/wr_nm/tech_security_dc_3

Poll: Americans Fear Cyber Attacks - Lack of confidence speaks to need of businesses to ensure that IT security measures are in place.

Poll results released indicate that more than 70% of Americans don't have much confidence in the government's ability to adequately protect against attacks on the Internet and computer systems.

http://cin.earthweb.com/news/article.php/10493_939191

Danger Within – Protecting your Company from Internal Security Attacks

The most damaging penetrations to an enterprise's security system often come with help from the inside.. It’s not hacking that results in the most damaging penetrations to an enterprise’s security system. It is often the work of an employee within the enterprise that causes the most damage.

http://www.csoonline.com/analyst/report400.html

Experts Warn of Cyber Terrorist Attacks

A debate is brewing over cyber terrorism, the idea that terrorists can mount an attack on computing systems that results in death and/or physical destruction.

http://www.itmanagement.earthweb.com/columns/secugud/article.php/1000321

For more information on this topic, please see any of the following websites:

www.programmersguild.org/american.htm

www.toraw.org
www.zazona.com
www.techsunite.org
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