Preventing Identity Theft In Your Business: How To Protect Your Business, Customers, And Employees

"This book strongly makes the case that identity theft is a very serious workplace problem today. It provides valuable guidance to business and industry HR practitioners on how to address the identity theft problem using I/O psychology. Beyond personnel selection, this book also describes the role of socialization and training programs for new employees, appraisal and feedback related to adherence to security procedures, and risk assessment of work processes in reducing identify theft in organizations. The writing is clear, easy to follow, and flows well. Highly recommended."
-Frank L. Schmidt, Distinguished Professor Tippie College of Business University of Iowa

Identified by the FBI as the top crime of the twenty-first century, identity theft is most commonly committed inside the workplace, and the victims are always a company's employees and customers. Executives, managers, and consultants can now use the latest tools and know-how for combating identity theft with the help of Preventing Identity Theft in Your Business.

Preventing Identity Theft in Your Business presents a comprehensive, four-factor model for implementing an effective information security plan and provides step-by-step guidance on employee selection and training. Brimming with exercises to make each approach easy to implement, this breakthrough guide explores how to: Secure personal identification information across four fronts: personnel, processes, proprietary information, and virtual property, such as an e-business Web site Implement a comprehensive security model, including Web site risk assessment Screen and test employees who have access to sensitiveinformation

Rich with real-world case studies illustrating how identity theft is committed and prevented, Preventing Identity Theft in Your Business clearly demonstrates how you and your employees can foster an honest work culture in your workplace.

Preventing Identity Theft in Your Business is a reliable guide to help protect companies, their customers, and their employees from the growing problem of identity theft. Real-life examples show managers and executives how to identify business, customer, and employee identity theft, how these crimes are committed, how best to prevent them, and overall, develop an honest company culture. It also covers how to manage this threat in business reorganizations such as mergers, acquisitions, globalization, and outsourcing.
Judith M. Collins (East Lansing, MI) is Associate Professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology at the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. She is also the Director of the Michigan State University Identity Theft Partnership in Prevention.