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Whitepaper - Institutional identity theft
Learn how the identity theft of your customers leads to the erosion of your company's profits and good name.
According to the Better Business Bureau, "The vast majority of identity fraud victims (68%) incur no out-of-pocket expenses. This points out that businesses are victims of fraud." The aim of this paper is to provide some clarity to the real losses sustained by organizations whose customers experience identity theft. This fraudulent behavior by criminals erodes the reputation and profits of institutions, which Perimeter eSecurity is calling "institutional identity theft". They also want to offer to the reader some of the best policies, procedures, and solutions to reduce your risk to institutional identity theft.
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