Identity theft is a crime that 20 years ago was not on the radar for many businesses or individuals. Today, with the global economy and the prevalence of internet activity, it is one of the most recognized crimes in the U.S.
Identity theft is considered the use of one person’s identity or personally identifying information by another person without his/her permission. Identity theft can be committed against individuals as well as organizations.
Identity theft has become a major problem internationally. In 2006, President Bush issued an Executive Order which established the Identity Theft Task Force. Seventeen federal agencies and departments were appointed to create a national strategy to combat identity theft. This course focuses specifically on Business Identity Theft and processes companies can use to protect their information.
Training for all programs related to cyber security by this trainer are utilizing the framework of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as a model. This information is freely available in the public domain. For more detailed information on the framework please refer to NIST.org.
Prerequisites
No Advanced Preparation or Prerequisites are needed for this course.
Learning Objective
- Recognize the types of business identity theft
- Explore laws put into place to combat identity theft
- Explore why businesses are targeted
- Identify organizations that can help protect and save your business identity
- Explore methods to protect individuals and organizations against identity theft
Last updated/reviewed: July 6, 2025
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Ethical issues are sometimes downrated, what is not correct. Great presentation.
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Exam was helpful in understanding the importance of a top-down risk assessment. Thank you.
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Very informative, a lot of great ideas and references to the additional resources.
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Liked how the instructor presented the information. She gave a lot of good websites to visit for more information.
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the final exam questions are not clearly addressed in the slides.
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several mistakes in exam questions and answers and several mistakes in exam questions and answeres
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Many supporting materials didn't open. Many supporting materials didn't open.
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Helpful tools for creating goals and setting priorities and how they are important in your career and day to day life.
Includes fraud not just by employee but also by customer. Includes not just cash but also effect on inventory. A good case for decreasing cash transactions.
This is an interesting and complex topic. I would have liked to see a longer, more indepth session.
Slides very helpful. Information very thorough.
Nice
Content not related to test!!!
Good introductory course to the topic
Good
Questions are vague
I was surprised at how challenging this course was.
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Bullet points - not the entire conversation or presentation - Please!!!!
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Lesson Questions and Answers0 Questions
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
BUSINESS IDENTITY THEFT
LAWS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP
PREVENTION
- Understanding How Identity Thieves Operate 8:28
- Preventing Business Identity Theft 13:17
- Preventing Business Identity Theft (CONTINUED) and Course Summary 11:55
SUPPORTING MATERIALS
- Slides: The Business Identity Theft Crisis PDF
- The Business Identity Theft Crisis Glossary/Index PDF
REVIEW and TEST
- REVIEW QUESTIONS quiz
- FINAL EXAM exam
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