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Developing knowledge and awareness that enable employees to make the right decisions whenever using the internet is key to combating online identity theft. Alert IT departments, effective email/web security systems and fit-for-purpose acceptable use policies are only part of the solution – it is the vigilance of individual employees that will decide whether a company maintains the integrity of its key data.

Some steps your business can take to protect itself against the threats of online identity theft are:

• Check the privacy policy of any website where you submit confidential data and don’t submit unless it has a clear and comprehensive policy.
• Choose passwords that are unique mixtures of letters and numbers and remember to change them regularly.
• Dispose of data securely, whether in paper or electronic form.
• Discourage employees from including key company information in social networking profiles.
• Discourage employees from working on sensitive or highly confidential material in public WiFi hotspots.

- Andrew Gordon is the senior manager, enterprise & partner services, APAC for  Symantec Hosted Services.

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