---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: n3td3v <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 12:13 AM Subject: Secret Service, Lockheed Martin and partners to fight cyber crime To: n3td3v <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
A consortium of government, corporate and academic institutions have joined forces to created a new nonprofit organization to fight cyber crimes. The new public-private Center for Applied Identity Management Research will study ways to improve personal identification management on the Internet to combat crimes such as identity theft and fraud, narcotics and human trafficking, and terrorism. The group includes Bethesda-based federal contractor Lockheed Martin Corp., Chantilly-based identity theft tech company Intersections Inc., Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM Corp., Pasadena, Calif.-based Cogent Systems Inc., New York-based LexisNexis, San Francisco-based Visa Inc., and the Secret Service. "In spite of our recent successful investigations both domestically and internationally, cyber crime remains a substantial threat that continues to evolve and attack our financial systems," Michael Merritt, assistant director for the Secret Service Office of Investigations, said in a statement. "Successfully combating emerging identity crimes requires that the Secret Service and law enforcement forge and enhance partnerships with industry, academic and research organizations." The new organization is the first interdisciplinary group to jointly address criminal justice issues pertaining to online financial crimes, biometrics, cyber crime and defense, data protection, and homeland security and national defense. Executive Director Gary Gordon, who teaches identity management at Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, will oversee the organization. Additional members include the U.S. Marshals Service, Identity Theft Assistance Corp. (ITAC), Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), as well as Wells Fargo & Co., Fair Isaac, Dragnet Solutions, ID Experts, and University of Texas at Austin. Applied research efforts will begin with studies pertaining to: • Public Safety: Identity theft, cyber crime, computer crime, organized criminal groups, document fraud and sexual predator detection • National Security: Cyber security and cyber defense, human trafficking and illegal immigration, terrorist tracking and financing. • Financial and Corporate Fraud: Mortgage fraud and other financial crimes, data breaches, e-commerce fraud, insider threats and health care fraud. • Individual Protection: Identity theft and fraud http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2008/10/06/daily20.html _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/