Security & Fraud
The identity thief
Terrifying tales of wicked workers and tips on how to avoid them. When you run a small business, it’s not always easy to find employees who can cover the range of skills you want at the salary available,” explains Missy Rule, the owner of a small Midwestern shipping company. For example, when seeking an administrative [...]
Employees Fudging Timesheets? Try Fingerprinting Them
Ever suspect your employees are fudging their timesheets by clocking in for one another? A new biotechnology tool from VeriTask Software can help ensure employees are recording and reporting their hours with absolute accuracy. VeriTask‘s Biometric Time Clock verifies an employee’s identity through his or her fingerprint. As employees enter and leave the workplace, they [...]
eBay CEO Says Web Scams Hurt Business
eBay Chief Executive Meg Whitman said increasingly sophisticated Internet scams were eroding the trust of online shoppers and hurting e-commerce. She also called on industry leaders to work together more closely at a time when legitimate businesses must thwart global criminal organizations vying for control over sensitive financial data traveling across the Internet. “Security on [...]
Turning employees into corporate spies
What could you do with technology that turns all your employees’ camera-enabled cell phones into networked videocams? A company called Reality Mobile has already used it to help FBI agents patrol the Super Bowl. Now it’s finding that the same idea could potentially do everything from oil-field analysis to YouTube-like video sharing. This fall the [...]
7 ways to avoid employees from hell
Bill Demeza, a partner at the Holland & Knight law firm, specializes in defending companies from employee lawsuits. Roxanne Davis, principal of Davis Gavsie in Los Angeles, represents employees. Here are their suggestions for avoiding the courtroom. Employees from hell: See why it’s getting harder to fire them Know the laws – The latest federal [...]
Be Afraid: Powder-Sized RFID Chips
Everyone’s so paranoid about the RFID chips that are already in place in so many parts of our lives, so here’s an item (via Engadget and Pink Tentacle) about Hitachi’s new powder-sized RFID chips to make us even more scared of Big Brother (or little-Brother-ID thief). RFID chips are tiny microchips that use radio waves [...]
Fraud-proofing your ebiz
Whether you operate a multimillion dollar ecommerce empire or generate part-time income with a small eBay or ebook enterprise, the following tips will help you fraud-proof your online business before it’s too late. Protect Your Passwords Use Proven Service Providers Shred Everything Fight the “Clone Wars” Troll eBay What Mom Always Told You: “Never talk [...]
