Podcasts and Identity Theft

This fifty-eight minute podcast features Naomi Lefkovitz, Attorney for the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection at the Federal Trade Commission. PowerPoint slides are also available for this presentation.

New federal regulations to address identity theft go into effect November 1, 2008, and are likely to affect colleges and universities in nuanced ways. Compliance will require careful study and collaboration among business officers, human resources, legal counsel, student services, IT, and other affected campus units. The rules require users of consumer reports to develop reasonable policies and procedures to apply when they receive a notice of address discrepancy from a consumer reporting agency. They also require that institutions develop and implement an Identity Theft Prevention Program for combating identity theft in connection with new and existing accounts.

In this 55 minute podcast, we present a general session from the EDUCAUSE 2007 Policy Conference entitled, “Security Breaches and Identity Theft”. This is a panel discussion moderated by EDUCAUSE Government Relations Officer and Security Task Force Coordinator, Rodney Peterson. The discussion features: 

Michael Atleson, Attorney, Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, Federal Trade Commission

Liz Gasster, General Counsel and Acting Executive Director of the Cyber Security Industry Alliance