An estimated 57 million US Internet users have received e-mail messages directing them to phony Web sites and about 1.8 million may have divulged personal information as a result. Source the Gartner Group

As if employers didn’t have enough to worry about securing their digital assets, now they have to be concerned if employees out "phishing." No, it’s not sneaking off work early to visit their favorite fishing hole, it’s the growing use of phony websites criminals utilize to steal personal data such as bank-account numbers and user passwords.

The best employer defense against phishing schemes is education. The following are some resources to learn more about this growing problem.

Anti-Phishing Working Group
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) is an industry association focused on eliminating the identity theft and fraud that result from the growing problem of phishing and email spoofing.

Electronic Authentication Partnership
The Electronic Authentication Partnership (EAP) is a multi-industry partnership working on enabling interoperability among public and private electronic authentication (e-authentication) systems.

Liberty Alliance
The Liberty Alliance Project was formed to develop open standards for federated network identity management and identity-based services. Its goals are to ensure interoperability, support privacy, and promote adoption of its specifications, guidelines and best practices.

Internet Engineering Task Force
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a large international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet.

We also design and install web based or conventional surveillance equipment

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