Identity Theft Protection Program

CEA offers an Identity Theft Prevention Training Program. We can come on site and present this training to your company.

In 2003, the Federal Trade Commission furthered identity theft protection by requiring businesses to develop written identity theft policies and programs, to prevent thefts like the one above.

Most businesses must have a formal program that identifies its covered accounts, red flag, and FACTA compliant responses to fraudulent activities. FACTA Violators face penalties up to $2,500.00 per incident non-compliance.

Business Case

The Federal Trade Commission requires certain business to have a written identity theft, which detects, prevents, and mitigates identity theft when opening an account or maintaining any existing account. The amendment refers to these accounts as covered accounts (covered by FACTA). These accounts use personal and sensitive financial/credit information that pose a foreseeable risk, to consumer, if stolen. Fraudulent activity against a covered account is called a Red Flag. By the FTC deadline, covered business must have a formal written program that identifies its covered accounts, how they will protect them, and how they will respond to identity theft activities. FACTA violators face penalties up to $3,500.00 per incident of non-compliance. This program also covers many State’s Data Security Breach Notification requirements mandated under many state’s laws. Join us and get an idea of your options meeting or managing your identity theft.

Identity Theft Prevention Training Program

CEA offers a Identity Theft Prevention Training Program. We can come on site and present this training or your company.

This course is approved for HRCI Continuing Education Credit

To have CEA come to your location for this training, give us a call at 800 399-5331.

CEA’s Identity Theft Program Guide and products distills the federal government’s comprehensive and complex identity theft requirements into a single, straight-forward compliance kit (Policy, Procedure, and Training*) customizable** to your business, as required by Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act of 2003 (FACTA).

Our guide is an Adobe® fill-able document. It contains an informative overview of identity theft’s impact on businesses and key points about the FACTA regulation. It provides a fill-able policy and procedure with essential employee forms. Forms you will need to validate and communicate your commitment to detect, mitigate, and prevent identity theft.

CEA’s Identity Theft Program Guide will help you tailor your new policy and procedure the way your business actually uses FACTA protected information identity thieves target for criminal use or abuse. It also helps you identify lines of responsibility for managing, updating, and training employees to detect, prevent, and mitigate identity theft aimed at your business’ and customer’s information.

This information and where it resides in your business is collectively called your “Covered Accounts”. Covered accounts include credit, personnel, tax, and more sensitive data identity thieves exploit for billions of dollars annually.

*FACTA requires employers to identify their covered account information, list those covered accounts, and make that data a driving factor in the employer’s policy, procedure, and employee training.

**Note: For an additional cost, CEA makes available a Train-The-Trainer Kit, which includes the Identity Theft Program Guide (outlined above), a PowerPoint Presentation, and Employee Handouts.

Click here to purchase this program today!

Learning Objectives

Introduce the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act 2003
Introduce State Laws - Data Breach Notification
Introduce Self-Regulation
FACTA & HIPPA: Protecting Patients Beyond PHI (For Patient Care Practices)
Explore Identity Theft Policy and Procedure
Explain senior management oversight and role
Explore employee compliance and response training

General Credit Hours: 1.0

Click here to purchase this program today!

Fraudulent activity against a covered account is called a Red Flag. Click here for a quick reference.

Frequently Asked Questions: click here to get answers to frequent questions about Identity Theft.