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SPONSOR WHITE PAPER >> Phishing is a form of internet scam in which the attackers try to trick consumers into divulging sensitive personal information. The techniques usually involve fraudulent E-mail and web sites that impersonate both legitimate E-mail and web sites. The fraudulent E-mails can be considered a malicious form of unsolicited bulk E-mail generally known as “spam.” Consumers are vulnerable to identity theft and some financial losses through fraudulent transactions. Financial institutions are at risk for large numbers of fraudulent transactions using the stolen information. Phishing attacks are often very large-scale events that target thousands of consumers, or more, in the hope that a percentage will be tricked into responding. A relatively large percentage of recipients do respond to the E-mails since they appear legitimate and their authenticity cannot be checked easily. Estimates of the response rates vary between 1% and 20%, depending on the attack. READ MORE

SPONSOR WHITE PAPER >> The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is a federal law enacted by Congress in December 2000 to address concerns about access in schools and libraries to the Internet and other information. For any school or library that receives discounts for Internet access or for internal connections, CIPA imposes certain requirements. If a school or library does not comply with CIPA, it cannot receive the discounts offered by the federal E-Rate program, which makes access to the Internet affordable to schools and libraries. There may be other penalties. READ MORE

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