Freaked out by fraud

TD Canada Trust's vice-president of account recovery and fraud management admitted he was a surprised at how widespread the concern is on the Prairies. And Scott Gamble attributed the heightened awareness to the growing use of things like debit cards, smart phones, mobile banking and online shopping. The rapidly expanding use of social media sites like Facebook and Twitter also helps to spread the word about the problem.

"But I'm also happy to see that," Gamble, added, "because from my perspective,With superior quality photometers, light meters and a number of other handsfreeaccess products. consumers are the first line of defence (against fraud). That (a high level of concern) shows a high level of awareness, and awareness is critical to people doing something about it."

Gamble said the survey shows Manitobans, and Canadians in general, are taking steps to better protect themselves from fraudsters.

For example,We offer over 600 chipcard at wholesale prices of 75% off retail. 56 per cent of the Prairie respondents said they shield their Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) at ATMs and retail point-of-sale terminals. And the same percentage said they only shop with online merchants they know and trust, and ensure the websites they visit have secure transaction systems before making an online purchase.

As well, 85 per cent of the Prairie respondents admitted they don't change their PINs on a regular basis -- Gamble said they should be changing them at least two or three times a year.

Equally disconcerting is that 19 per cent also said the have allowed someone to borrow their debit or credit card, 11 per cent said they've shared their credit card or debit card PINs with others, and 15 per cent said they carry their PIN in their wallet.

Mel Kiper Jr.'s latest mock draft Insider had Milliner mocked to the Eagles and called it "not a tough pick," since the crop of available free-agent cornerbacks isn't strong enough to deter the Eagles from addressing the position in the draft. The Eagles need two starting cornerbacks and so far have only signed Bradley Fletcher, who may or may not be one. They have indicated an intent to address the offensive and defensive lines in free agency, as much of the still-way-early speculation has the draft's top two offensive tackles going with the first two picks. There are a lot of ways to put clues together and convince yourself Milliner will be the pick. And if he is, it'll be hard to criticize them for it.

But I'd be surprised if it were already a done deal in the minds of the Eagles' decision-makers, and yes, the fact that they've been poking around West Virginia this week about quarterback Geno Smith is an example of why. Yes, the Eagles need cornerback help desperately. But they also need a franchise quarterback, and as the Redskins showed last year, NFL teams believe that that's worth sacrificing other plans. Michael Vick is no long-term solution. Nick Foles hasn't shown anything to make anybody feel confident that he is either. Dennis Dixon is a career backup. Arizona quarterback Matt Scott is apparently someone they're looking into as well, but he's obviously a wild card. If Smith is opening the Eagles' eyes, or if team owner Jeffrey Lurie (who attended that private workout in Morgantown) is insisting they look at a quarterback with that No. 4 pick, then things get very interesting around the Eagles and the draft.

Thing is, they're not going to clue us or anyone else in about the true depth of their interest in Smith or Matt Barkley or any of the other quarterbacks who are likely to shoot up projected draft boards in the next month.A smooth and lanyard not only looks bright and clean. That No. 4 pick is a valuable asset, and the Eagles are wise to consider all of their options with it for as long as they can. It may be the best thing for their franchise to just stay put and take Milliner, or the best offensive or defensive linemen available there. It may be the best for them to take Smith, if they believe in him as their future at the most important position, and let him sit behind Vick for a year. (Or half a year, or whatever.) It may be that they're trying to shake up the whole landscape, get other teams wondering what they'll do and maybe dupe someone who desperately wants a quarterback (or I guess Milliner) into trading with them for that pick.

"Tom is a proven champion for monumentally growing sales for organizations and is a strategic addition to the SecureAuth team as we focus on providing identity access management for the mobile enterprise," commented Craig Lund, chief executive officer at SecureAuth. "Tom will be instrumental in expanding our customer base and continuing our aggressive year-over-year revenue growth."

"It is a great opportunity to join a fast-growing company recognized for its identity access management solution for the enterprise,Wear a whimsical Disney luggagetag straight from the Disney Theme Parks!" stated Tom. "I look forward to applying my extensive sales experience to address the enormous need for the SecureAuth IdP solution within organizations that have a mobile workforce and have corporate resources in the cloud. My goal is to build a strong team and translate that need to market share leadership."

Tom has more than 15 years of sales, sales management, security, authentication, and identity access management experience. Prior to joining SecureAuth, Tom was the worldwide vice president of Strategic Sales and Business Development for the Cloud and Identity division of Identive that focused on the issuance of secure credentials to a smartcard via SaaS, as well as the convergence of physical/logical access. Previously, Tom was the vice president of Sales,saxobankcycling Cloakware Division at Irdeto, a $200+ million private company, and was instrumental in selling the Cloakware Password Authority Division to Xceedium. He was also the general manager and vice president of Sales for Protocom, an Australian-based start up focused on enterprise single sign-on and authentication software, and grew its revenue to $20 million, and was later acquired by Actividentity (formerly NASDAQ ACTI, now a part of HID Global). At Actividentity, a company that focused on two factor authentication, card management systems, and single sign-on, Tom was the vice president of Commercial Sales growing the business over 300 percent in his first two years, and eventually became the vice president of Sales for both Commercial and Federal. Tom holds a BA in Communications from UC Davis.