Protecting Your Business

Internet Security/Identity Theft/Business Identity Theft or Fraud

Federal Trade Commission resources:

• Privacy & Security
• Protecting Small Businesses
• Cybersecurity for Small Businesses
• Identity Theft
• Medical Identity Theft – is someone illegally filing claims on your company’s health insurance?
• Digital Copier Data Security – your digital copier’s hard drive stores data from printing, scanning and faxing
• Fighting Identity Theft with the Red Flags Rule – financial institutions and businesses that collect personal data or extend credit must comply with this rule.
• Data Security – if your business performs credit or background checks or collects personal data on employees, tenants, loan applicants, and others, you need to comply with laws concerning the protection and secure disposal of the information.

Idaho State Tax Commission – Identity Theft
IRS – Taxpayer Guide to Identity Theft
Small Business Administration – Strengthen Your Cybersecurity
Identity Theft Resource Center
Social Security Administration – Identity Theft and your Social Security Number
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
Boise Police Department – Personal Safety
FBI – Cyber Academy for Information Security Leaders
Consumer Reports – 5 Steps to Protect Your Smartphone from theft or Loss

Scams & Schemes – Business

• Idaho Attorney General – file a complaint
• Better Business Bureau
• Econsumer.com – created by 21 nations; report cross-border consumer complaints
• Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigstion
• U.S. Postal Inspection Service – Mail Fraud
• Federal Trade Commission – Avoiding and Reporting Scams
• FBI Cyber Crime