Defensive Coordinators

CSO, April, 2005 by Daintry Duffy

When the 109th U.S. Congress convened in January, it picked up where it left off last year by introducing bills that build on legislative moves to combat identity theft, beef up the nation's bioterrorism preparedness and strengthen the role of cybersecurity in homeland defense.

Preventing ID theft was already on the docket when notice came in February that ChoicePoint, a company that aggregates public records for background checks, was the victim of fraud, which required alerts to more than 140,000 Americans that their IDs may have been stolen. The breach prompted calls from privacy interest groups for hearings by Congress and the Federal Trade Commission. (Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said the Senate Judiciary Committee would hold hearings.)

On Jan. 4, Rep. Ron Paul...

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