Posted on Monday, February 12th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Identity theft was, again, a major source of discussion. There was no shortage of hand-wringing over the consequences of consumer data ending up in the hands of fraudsters, and the fear was highlighted by an FTC report of rampant consumer complaints about identity theft.
But the unreported filching of data from government agencies and private enterprises worries Richard Clarke. “ID theft is one thing, but the theft of proprietary information without the knowledge of the government or a private business is another,” Clarke, best-selling author and former White House cybersecurity czar, said Wednesday. “The most dangerous breach is one you are unaware of.”
