Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Speaker on Personal Security www.IDTheftSecurity.com

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Joining us now with some tips on what you can do to protect yourself is IDTheftSecurity.com CEO Robert Siciliano. And now, your hosts, Mike Jerrick and Juliette Huddy. Also with us, personal security expert Robert Siciliano with 5 tips to guard against identity theft as we go into the holiday season here. Alright, Bianca, thank you. We want to talk a little bit more about these security issues that have come up with this— this massive shooting at Virginia Tech. Joining us now is Robert Siciliano, a security expert with Street Safe Security. Robert, thank you so much for being with us this afternoon. But how can you keep crooks from stealing your identity? Security specialist Robert Siciliano knows.

He's in Boston, and thank you for joining us today. Robert Siciliano is a personal safety expert. He wrote the book "The Safety Minute," which teaches people to tap into their survival instincts.

We want to bring in our security expert again, Robert Siciliano with Street Safe Security. We asked Boston computer security expert Robert Siciliano to see just how much personal information he could find in 5 minutes using BearShare. He offered to do it in 1.

Robert Siciliano is the CEO of IDTheftSecurity.com. Robert, great to see you today.

Thank you. You have to think like a burglar. Personal security expert Robert Siciliano can case a house just the way a real-life burglar can. This is pretty much easy access. We asked him how a crook would try to get into both houses. There are a lot of different websites that have access to your cellular phone number and your records, the actual phone calls that you make on a month-to-month basis. The moment that something seems wrong, it is wrong. You gotta pay attention to that feeling.

Personal security expert Robert Siciliano says to prevent becoming a victim, You need to have a plan.

Robert Siciliano is the chief executive of IDTheftSecurity.com, a firm that advises corporations on privacy issues. Robert, good morning to you. Thanks for joining us. Good morning to you. Thank you. And if you think your email is safe, think again. In Boston, Robert Siciliano, CEO of IDTheftSecurity.com.

Robert, before you use your credit card or your debit card, listen up. Our next guest has a warning for you. He says that there is no security when it comes to debit cards. Here now with more on the security breaches, Robert Siciliano. He's the CEO of IDTheftSecurity.com. .com, joining us from Dubuque, Iowa this morning. Told you last week about the theft of at least 145,000 consumer profiles from data collection agency ChoicePoint. Now there are renewed cries for tighter regulation and a national data privacy law.

Anybody with a connection to the internet has access to your and mine personal information, including name, address, and Social Security number, direct access to our credit reports. We are right now in what I would call an identity theft pandemic.

Dennis, you heard that story about identity theft?

I'm as sad as you are when they ratchet anything up from an epidemic to a pandemic. Well, do we have any time left? How safe are we when using our credit cards? Robert Siciliano of the IDTheftSecurity.com group joins us. Robert, what is it with those 3 digits?

Identity thieves hitting a new target. They're bleeding the rich and famous. Ah, some big names are on the victim list.

Celebrities are targets because they have an awful lot of money and their information is readily available.

If you think this can't happen to you, it certainly can.

This is the only crime that I can think of that you are guilty guilty until proven innocent. And you're the one that has to explain that you didn't commit those crimes that the identity thief committed under your name. Internet security experts say the increasing popularity of online trading sites make them a growing target. Organized criminals have realized that the way in which, uh, consumers trade online is an insecure system. My next guest A personal security expert who's going to walk us through the risks and the solutions, Robert Siciliano.

Most of us would never agree to meet a stranger at an empty house. It goes against every safety rule we've ever been taught. But if you are selling a home, you have probably done just that. You've met with people about whom you know nothing in a setting where no one else is around. For realtors and sellers alike, it can sometimes have deadly consequences. Matt Mahar reports.

Listen to your intuition. The problem has gotten so bad that realtors groups across the country are now making safety a priority. Security consultant Robert Siciliano teaches realtors to trust their instincts. If your intuition is jumping up and down saying, "Whoa, something doesn't seem right with this situation," respond to that feeling, acknowledge it, and don't put dollar signs in front of your personal security. Siciliano teaches self-defense techniques so realtors can turn the tables on potential predators.

Joining us now is Robert Siciliano, and he's a security expert who specializes in high-tech crime. So, also joining us today in our audience is personal security expert and author of The Safety Minute 01: How to Be Safe in the Streets, at Home, and Abroad so You Can Save Your Life. Robert Siciliano. Hello! Hi, Kelly. Is that 01 or minute? That's probably supposed to be minute, huh?

It's about taking a minute for safety. It's about consciously realizing that these things really do happen. There he is. He's wearing a helmet and everything. Look at that, he's got a jumpsuit on like Evel Knievel. Um, I have a, uh, well, actually I'm a personal security consultant. I go into businesses and I teach women's self-defense and travel safety to executives and corporations and so forth.