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Top Ten Security/Investigation Predictions for 2012. Part I of II.

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Lina Maini

 Hoping to give our readers an edge on awareness and combatting security and investigation concerns in 2012, below are our top five predictions in the area of information and data security management. (Next week, in II of this two-part series, we will cover the remaining five predictions, focused on evolving investigation concepts.) 1. Social networking redefining “privacy”. [...]

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Asset Searches – How Far is Far Enough?

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Lina Maini

Generally, an asset search investigation is requested to determine a subject’s tangible assets (or, quite often, to satisfy the court that there are no other recoverable assets beyond policy limits, albeit the injuries sustained may be valued at a much higher award). Balancing the public’s privacy with informational needs is challenging but ultimately, very doable. A basic checklist [...]

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WordPress is experiencing tech issues. We will be up shortly.

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Lina Maini

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Investigation Urban Myths Debunked

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Lina Maini

Image via Wikipedia At social events or during casual introductions, invariably the question is raised (sometimes politely), “So, what do you do?”  Presumably, the person is requesting my career field information. I’m dual-careered - investigations/security and animation development/production (proprietary property only) and occasionally, marketing (for clients as diverse as Domino’s Pizza to law firms to Sony).  [...]

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How To Crack Forgotten PDF Password

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Lina Maini

We deliver our client reports  mostly in PDF format.   For several reasons, mainly to avoid modification, we have set passwords to all of our pdf docs. There are two types of security passwords that are utilized with PDFs: the user password which will prevent anyone from opening the document and the owner password with which [...]

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Lights, Camera, Actionable?

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Lina Maini

Rarely. A recent survey by the American Management Association revealed that more than half of the employers who responded use video surveillance at work to counter theft, violence, or sabotage. Also, 16% of the employers surveyed used video surveillance to monitor employee performance. Most states have passed at least some privacy-related laws. Many of these [...]

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How to Read Fingerprints

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Lina Maini

No two fingers have ever been found that are identical.  No two fingerprints have been found that are anywhere near identical.  So the best evidence is empirical. But there has always been an intrinsic appeal to develop a mathematical basis, a statistical basis for fingerprint uniqueness.  And this interest commenced almost at the dawn of [...]

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Closer To Mandatory Federal Criminal Background Checks for Medical Providers?

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Lina Maini

Indianapolis Senator and registered nurse Patricia Miller has asked for legislation requiring mandatory background checks for medical health care providers (i.e., doctors, nurses,  licensed midwives…).  There are 24 healthcare fields, which while licensed, currently do not require criminal background investigations. Quite a few issues immediately come to mind.  In the health care field then, would [...]

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Involuntary Human Chip Implants, Including Ones With Cyanide

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Lina Maini

It does not come as a surprise  given the micro technology now available to the medical and law enforcement fields, that humans, from birth to death,  will be implanted with bio chips .  The purpose of the implanted chip varies from containing such things as your complete medical history, your identification, and for those convicted of [...]

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Germany Policing WiFi

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Lina Maini

Well, this is interesting… with wide-reaching implications for the web’s future: From the Huffington Post: German Court Rules Wi-Fi Nets Must Be Password-Protected Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 17, 2010 – 8:31am. Berlin – A German court ruled last week that Internet users in the country must secure their Wi-Fi networks with passwords, and [...]

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