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Book Reviews: Loss Prevention
11/08/2007 - Loss Prevention Threats and Strategies provides one good alternative for nonexperts. It encourages owners and managers to take responsibility for prevention and training, and it furnishes the necessary tools that managers will need to develop an effective security strategy.
Intelligence: Loss Prevention
11/07/2007 - Businesses concerned about workers’ compensation scams can turn to a video released by the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. The video, just under 12 minutes long, explains to workers the harm done by fraud against workers’ compensation, health insurance, automobile insurance, and other types of insurance. SM Online shows you how to get the video.
Legal Report: Loss Prevention
11/06/2007 - A bill (H.R. 785) introduced by Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) would require that the government coordinate cargo-theft-tracking efforts.
Intelligence: Loss Prevention
11/02/2007 - Are your product diversion tactics legal?
Book Reviews: Loss Prevention
10/29/2007 - Author Rory J. McMahon states that this book is a compilation of notes used as an outline in a fraud investigations section for a private investigator program at Career City College in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where McMahon was an instructor. He adds that Rene Champagne developed the first editions of this book and that McMahon expanded on those, resulting in this self-published effort.
Technofile: Loss Prevention
10/29/2007 - Research firm Gartner has estimated that ATM and debit-card fraud resulted in $2.75 billion in losses in the 12 months ending in May 2005.
Technofile: Loss Prevention
10/29/2007 - Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is used in everything from retail antitheft devices to inventory tracking and access control. It’s gaining in popularity as a security solution, but companies should be aware of its vulnerabilities, say experts.
Daily Headline : Loss Prevention
10/26/2007 - Criminals take to sites like e-Bay to sell their stolen goods.
Daily Headline : Loss Prevention
10/17/2007 - Italy's bank robbers are the busiest in Europe, but they are not the most productive
Technofile: Loss Prevention
09/28/2007 - New rules for the discovery of electronic evidence go into effect this month. Also, a range of laptop locks, and a study of data theft from higher-education institutions.
Technofile: Loss Prevention
09/27/2007 - Twenty-nine percent of all stolen laptops are taken from offices, with thefts from cars responsible for another 25 percent of laptop losses, according to survey data from CREDANT Technologies, a security software provider. Some of the 283 executives who responded to the survey noted that office laptops had been stolen despite being locked or even glued to desktops.
Beyond Print: Loss Prevention
09/26/2007 - Read these security recommendations, including a lobby security checklist for office buildings, to prevent laptop thefts.
Technofile: Loss Prevention
09/25/2007 - Who’s responsible for restoring the Web after disruption? Also, advice on laptop security, a book on corporate blogs, and slow compliance with the PCI data security standard.