San Jose to Host First in a Series of Internet Fraud Council
Briefings April 12; Identity Theft as a Threat to e-Commerce to be Focus of First Event
Business Editors & High-Tech Writers
RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2000--The Internet Fraud
Council (IFC) will hold the first in a series of worldwide briefings
on fraud and its impact on e-Commerce April 12 in San Jose, Calif.
"The Identity Theft Threat to e-Commerce" will be the topic of the
San Jose briefing, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Hayes Mansion
Conference Center, 200 Edendale Ave. in San Jose. Also scheduled is a
look at e-Commerce "Best Practices." Tickets, available at
800/221-4424, ext. 372, are $20 in advance and $25 at the event.
"The San Jose area represents the heart and soul of the new
economy, so it was the perfect setting for us to launch this series of
important briefings," said Paul K. Fichtman, IFC chairman. "Losses due
to on-line fraud are increasing dramatically as more and more
companies conduct business on the Internet. It is our hope that these
briefings will allow on-line merchants to discover ways to fight back
and protect themselves."
Leading the session will be Fichtman, chairman of the IFC and
president and COO of riskwise.com, along with Tom Arnold, executive
vice chairman of the IFC and CTO of CyberSource.
Fichtman brings extensive background and understanding of fraud
and risk to the briefing. Prior to joining riskwise.com, he was
executive vice president of the National Fraud Center and has numerous
years of experience in the information technology arena with Unisys.
Arnold, a pioneer in Internet fraud detection, serves as a member
for the Software & Information Industry Association Internet Section
Board. He has also testified before the US House of Representatives
Commerce Committee and US Senate Banking Committee on topics related
to Internet commerce and Internet fraud.
Agenda for the Briefing is:
6:00 - 6:30: Registration, individual networking, cash bar
6:30 - 7:30: Dinner
7:30 - 7:45: Welcome, Acknowledgements, Overview of IFC, Program
Information
7:45 - 8:15: Identity Fraud/Payment Processing Fraud
8:15 - 8:45: e-Commerce Best Practices
8:45 - 9:00: Questions and Answers / Open Discussion
Additional briefings are scheduled for:
May 7 - Austin, Texas
June 13 - New York City
July 11 - Seattle
Aug. 15 - Chicago
Sept. 12. - Washington, D.C.
Oct. 11 - Los Angeles
Nov. TBD - Austin, Texas
In addition, the IFC is scheduling similar events in Europe and
Japan this fall.
The IFC, a division of the National Coalition for the Prevention
of Economic Crime (NCPEC), was formed through a combined effort
between the NCPEC, the National White Collar Crime Center, and the
National Fraud Center to serve as a clearinghouse of information on
Internet fraud for both the public and private-sectors and to meet the
growing need for education, training, and research on Internet fraud.
Information on the Briefings or membership in the IFC is available
by contacting the organization at www.internetfraudcouncil.org or by
calling 888/848-6907.
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