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The short and scary answer is, probably not!
A few short years ago the thought of someone actually capturing your identity and using it for wicked purposes was a rarity. But with the explosion of the Internet and on-line purchases in combination with so many other high-tech devices, identity theft is fast rising to epidemic proportion.
When we understand that the key principle of On Demand is ‘straight through processing’, where business processes can execute in their entirety across multiple systems in multiple companies instanteously, in ‘real-time’, we can clearly see that the keystone to On Demand is Identity Federation. It provides the platform to achieve this through engendering a singular semantic architecture that can be used to consistently describe and therefore integrate workflow.
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While identity theft is nothing new, the Web has opened up whole new world of opportunity for identity thieves.
According the FBI, identity theft is the top online fraud. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission says that identity theft is it’s number one source of consumer complaints – 42 percent of all complaints, in 2001.
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FACT: It takes 14 months, on average, before an Identity theft victim realizes their identity has been stolen.
Where’s the Beef?
These words became a national catch phrase in the mid 1980’s and catapulted the Wendy’s hamburger chain into the limelight as a major player in fast food sales.
Designing an identity for your company is a lot like creating an image for a personality figure: you need to determine what you should look like in order to attract and appeal to your target customer at first glance.
Take a moment to look at what you’re wearing and imagine yourself walking into a party room filled with rock stars. Ask yourself this question: “Do I fit in?” Now, ask yourself what your chances are of selling anything to them. Are your chances good or bad?
You step outside to find your car has been repossessed and a foreclosure notice posted on the front door of your house. All because of delinquent loans “you” made. Or the police come to make an arrest because “you” used a fake prescription. Can’t happen to you?
There is a new thief on the block. An identity thief and YOU are at risk!
