The recently released 2012 Javelin Strategy & Research Identity Fraud Report shows that the number of identity fraud incidents increased by 13 percent in 2011, totaling 11.6 million adult victims.

A study from the UC Berkeley Law School's Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy says that creating an identity for all legal American workers using fingerprints or vein scans is a bad idea.

White House and other federal officials are actively urging private technology companies to create an ecosystem of identity management solutions that are interoperable.

The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) announced that ATM cards will have secure smart chips installed by 2014.

Westchester, N.Y. police have broken up an organized crime ring that targeted ATM machines in affluent neighborhoods.

An estimated 8.6 million households had at least one person age 12 or older who experienced identity theft victimization in 2010, said the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).

Workers are planning to do more online holiday shopping this year while on the job, with many using their own personal smartphones and tablets, a new survey shows.

Facebook pages are covered by New Jersey's identity-theft law, a judge has ruled in upholding charges against a woman who allegedly trashed her ex-boyfriend by creating a false Facebook account in his name and peppering it with unpleasantries.

While some see security video as the current fair-haired security solution, well, look again. Today, and into the future, a primary driving force comes wrapped in the concept of identity, credential and access management. It goes way beyond the early days of pioneering Wiegand effect cards, interestingly owned by Echlin, a car parts manufacturer that first used the technology in vehicle distributors. 

At the start of each school year, parents and students fill out countless forms and applications that require personal information, such as social security numbers and date of birth — information that criminals can use in identity theft schemes.