KUCI: Privacy Piracy

Mari Frank, Esq Interviews Joel Lisker, Sr. Vice Chairman, Dudinsky Lisker Assoc. LLC. Security and Biometrics Exjpert

Mr. Joel S. Lisker was most recently the Senior Vice-President for Security and Risk Management for MasterCard International. In this capacity he served as the company's world-wide senior security representative for all matters relating to the fraudulent use of its numerous card products. He was instrumental in developing technical solutions and strategies to thwart the efforts of organized crime, and as head of Corporate Security with responsibility for safeguarding MasterCard employees, premises, and property throughout the world, he ensured the safety and security of its' human and physical assets, without incident. At MasterCard, he led the development of chip-based biometrics solutions for data security, perimeter security, visitor screening and employee authentication.
After completion of his formal education at the University of Pennsylvania (B.S.) and the Temple University School of Law (J.D.), he joined the FBI as a Special Agent where he worked against domestic terrorist groups. Thereafter, as a Special Agent Supervisor, assigned to FBI Headquarters, he developed sophisticated solutions to safeguard FBI communications between FBI Headquarters and its' overseas offices. He also developed techniques used in foreign counter-intelligence operations. Next, Mr. Lisker served as Senior trial Attorney in the U.S. Dept. of Justice Criminal Division, Internal Security section where he directed a task force operating against domestic terrorists, and led a group seeking to discover and control foreign agents.
In 1981, Mr. Lisker was selected by the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, to be Chief Counsel and Staff Director of its' newly formed Sub-Committee on security and Terrorism. In this capacity, in addition to managing the Committee's oversight and Authorization responsibility for the FBI, the DEA and the U.S. Marshal Service, he organized more than 25 hearings aimed at uncovering the global terrorist inter-connections and transnational operations that became known as the "terror network". Mr. Lisker was also responsible for drafting legislation with respect to protecting identities of covert agents, jurisdictional realignment of authority regarding escaped federal prisoners and other fugitives from justice, criminalization of payments card fraud and counterfeit, amendment of legislation relating to agents of foreign principals, etc.
In each of his roles and in the responsibilities he was required to carry out over the years Mr. Lisker has maintained regular contact with counterparts in the FBI and those reporting to the Director of Central Intelligence. In 1987, Mr. Lisker was selected as Associate Counsel to the Senate select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition. One of his major accomplishments in this assignment was the uncovering and tracing of clandestine funding sources, through the Swiss banking Network.
Mr. Lisker is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a life member of the FBI Agents Association, The Association of Former Agents of the FBI. He serves on several corporate Boards of Directors and Advisory Boards and is currently serving on two FBI industry Task Forces dealing with Terrorist Financing and Identity Theft.
Mr. Lisker brings to Dudinsky Lisker & Associates, LLC current, wide ranging, and state of the art experience in biometric technologies, neural network technologies, and other cutting edge risk reduction solutions.
DUDINSKY LISKER & ASSOCIATES, LLC
www.dudinskyassociates.com

Mari Frank, Interivews Lanny Davis, Attorney, Author, Former Special Counsel to President Clinton, Former Member Bush’s Select Prvacy Oversight Board

Mr. Davis, a partner in the Washington, D.C. office, is a member of the Litigation Group of the Orrick law firm. Mr. Davis advises clients on a wide range of legal and governmental issues. He concentrates his practice in civil litigation, with particular focus on securities fraud and accounting irregularities cases, antitrust, government contracts and commercial litigation, and legal crisis management and strategic communications. In June 2005, President Bush appointed Mr. Davis to serve on the five-member Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, created by the U.S. Congress as part of the 2005 Intelligence Reform Act.
From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Davis served as Special Counsel to the President in the White House and was spokesperson for the President on matters concerning the campaign finance investigations and other legal issues. Drawing upon this experience, since his return to private practice, Mr. Davis provides counseling to corporations and government contractors on crisis management issues by developing press strategies for entities exposed to high-profile litigation and regulatory matters, particularly in high-tech/securities fraud cases and other legal issues where media coverage can affect legal outcomes and commercial reputational injuries.
Mr. Davis has participated in national, state and local politics for almost 30 years. He has served three terms (1980-1992) on the Democratic National Committee representing the State of Maryland, and during that period he served on the DNC Executive Committee and as Chairman of the Eastern Region Caucus. In Montgomery County, Maryland, he served as Chairman of the Washington Suburban Transit Commission.
Mr. Davis has written extensively on politics for many years in a variety of publications. He is the author of Truth to Tell Notes From My White House Education (The Free Press: New York, 1999). Tom Brokaw of NBC News said, "Lanny Davis has written a book that should be required reading for all Washington officials and journalists alike. It's an instructive and cautionary tale of the constant struggle to know the truth of what is going on at the highest levels of government." He is also the author of The Emerging Democratic Majority: Lessons and Legacies from the New Politics (Stein and Day, 1973), a political history of the liberal movements of the 1960's and early 1970's. Mr. Davis is the co-author of Allen and Davis on Computer Contracting: A User's Guide with Forms and Strategies (Prentice Hall, 1992), and has lectured throughout the United States and Europe on the subject. In addition, he is the author of forthcoming book, "Scandal: How 'Gotcha' Politics is Destroying America," to be published by Palgrave Macmillan in September 2006.
Between 1990 and 1996, Mr. Davis was a bi-monthly commentator on Maryland politics for WAMU-88.5/FM, a Washington D.C. local affiliate of National Public Radio. He has been a regular television commentator and has been a political and legal analyst for MSNBC, CNN, Fox Cable, CNBC and network TV news programs. He has published numerous op-ed/analysis pieces in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and other national publications.
Mr. Davis came to Washington, D.C. in 1970 after graduating from Yale Law School where he won the prestigious Thurmon Arnold Moot Court prize and served on the Yale Law Journal. A graduate of Yale College, Mr. Davis served as Chairman of the Yale Daily News.
Mr. Davis started as an associate at Patton Boggs in 1975 and became a partner in 1978. In October 2003, Mr. Davis became a partner at Orrick and brought along with him the other members of his unique "Legal Crisis Communications" practice group. He has been featured in articles published in USA Today, Forbes and Fortune magazines, and numerous national and local newspapers.

Mari Frank Interviews Randy Sabett, Esq. CISSP

Randy V. Sabett, CISSP, is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, where he is a member of the Information Security & Internet Enforcement and Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Groups. He counsels clients on information security, privacy, IT licensing, and patents, dealing with such issues as Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), digital and electronic signatures, federated identity, HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, Sarbanes- Oxley, state and federal information security laws, identity theft, and security breaches.
Mr. Sabett has helped companies develop strategies to protect their intellectual property, including preparing and prosecuting patents related to cryptography, authentication, security, certification and accreditation, and related areas of technology. He has also drafted and negotiated a wide variety of technology transaction agreements, including software licenses, OEM agreements, ASP agreements, technology development and licensing agreements, template agreements, and joint marketing and collaboration agreements. Having served previously as an in-house counsel to a Silicon Valley start up, Mr. Sabett employs a pragmatic approach when structuring and negotiating such agreements.
Prior to joining Sonnenschein, Mr. Sabett was a Special Counsel at Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, where he founded the Information Security and Cybercrime practice group. He has also served as Senior Technology Counsel for a Silicon Valley information security company. He began his legal career as an associate at Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, LLP in Washington, DC. In addition, he has several years of engineering experience in the information security marketplace, including as a crypto engineer with the National Security Agency, and has worked in active noise cancellation. He holds two U.S. patents.
www.sonnenschein.com

Mari Frank Interviews Privacy &Technology Experts at Data Protection Summit

In the information age where sensitive customer data is being stolen and privacy intrusions are vast, new technologies have arisen to protect companies, their employees and customers. Join Host Mari Frank, Esq. as she interviews the data protection experts and their new technologies to protect you and your private information at the Data Protection Conference that was held recently in Orange County California.

Mari Frank Interviews Shirin Sinnar, Esq. Attorney, Asian Law Caucus, Privacy Advocate

Shirin Sinnar is a staff attorney with the Asian Law Caucus, where she works on racial and ethnic profiling, employment discrimination, and other civil rights and workers' rights issues with a particular focus on the South Asian community. Prior to joining the Caucus, she served as an Equal Justice Works fellow with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area on post-9/11 discrimination by employers, financial institutions, landlords, and other private businesses. She is the author of the 2007 Lawyers' Committee report entitled "The OFAC List: How a Treasury Department Terrorist Watchlist Ensnares Everyday Consumers."
She served as a law clerk to Judge Warren J. Ferguson of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Santa Ana, California from 2003 to 2004. Sinnar is a co-founder and board member of the Bay Area Association of Muslim Lawyers, which received the State Bar President's Pro Bono Service Award for Distinguished Service in 2006. She is a graduate of Stanford Law School, Cambridge University (M.Phil. in International Relations), and Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges (A.B. in History). Her article, "Patriotic or Unconstitutional? The Mandatory Detention of Aliens under the USA Patriot Act," appeared in the Stanford Law Review in 2003.
www.asianlawcaucus.org

Mari Frank Interviews Mike German, Former FBI Agent, Author, Thinking Like A Terrorist

Mike German is a Policy Counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union's Washington Legislative Office. In this capacity German develops policy positions and pro-active strategies on pending legislation and executive branch actions concerning domestic surveillance, data mining, freedom to travel, medical and financial privacy, ID cards, immigration policy, whistleblower protection, military commissions, and law enforcement conduct.
A sixteen-year veteran of federal law enforcement, German served as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he specialized in domestic terrorism and covert operations. As an undercover agent, German twice infiltrated violent neo-Nazi groups using constitutionally sound law enforcement techniques. These operations successfully prevented terrorist attacks by winning criminal convictions against terrorists.
German's final assignment with the FBI was as a counter-terrorism instructor at the FBI National Academy. There, he taught courses on extremism in democratic societies and developed a graduate-level training program for state, local and international law enforcement officers. German left the FBI to make Congress and the public aware of continuing deficiencies in FBI counterterrorism operations.
Prior to joining the Washington Legislative Office German frequently lectured on counter-terrorism and intelligence matters. His commentary has appeared in the National Law Journal, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Miami Herald. German is the author of "Squaring the Error," published by the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, and his first book, "Thinking Like a Terrorist," was published in January 2007.
German currently serves as an adjunct professor for Law Enforcement and Terrorism at the National Defense University and is a Senior Fellow with GlobalSecurity.org. http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/staff/german.htm

Mari Frank, Esq. interviews Robert Rebhan, Financial Crimes and Credit Industry Expert

Robert J. Rebhan is a nationally renowned expert and speaker on identity theft and financial crimes, and a former Detective Sergeant with the Los Angeles Police Department. During his exciting career with the LAPD, he served in many high profile assignments including the SWAT Team, Hollywood's Narcotics, Robbery, Homicide, and Vice Squads. As a detective, he was a master of disguise and during his 22 years of service he was personally involved in the arrest of thousands of criminals. Before leaving the department, Mr. Rebhan was selected by the Credit Card Industry to help develop and direct a fraud prevention program. He has traveled to Europe and Latin America on behalf of the industry, and for the last 18 years has personally done over 1000 presentations on the subject of financial crimes. As the Director of The American Express Company's Fraud Prevention Program, Western Region, he managed a team of twelve consultants, personally orchestrating over 150,000 business and consumer presentations.
He brings a unique perspective to an audience, because he understands the vulnerabilities and responsibilities of consumers, the financial community, and law enforcement. And of course, he has great insight into the criminal mind.
In his campaign against fraud, Mr. Rebhan has worked closely with the California State Assembly and the Los Angeles City Council. As an advocate for privacy and financial security, he has proposed municipal code and legislative changes regarding consumer and business fraud prevention efforts. He is a special consultant to Screen Actors Guild members and is a member of the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators, as well as the Electronic Crimes Task Force led by the United States Secret Service.
Mr. Rebhan's extraordinary knowledge of the business world and his presentation style have made him one of the nation's most requested speakers on the subject of consumer and business fraud prevention, and from his viewpoint, he gives his powerfully candid opinion on who is to blame for the identity theft crisis. Using humor, fear, and logic, he challenges the status quo motivating his audiences to review passive lifestyles and business practices, joining him in the 21st Century technological and common sense fight against fraud.
www.robertrebhan.com

Mari Frank, Interviews Shirley Durham, Director of Programs, the Ponemon Institute

n February 2007, Shirley Durham was named Director of Programs and Special Projects for Ponemon Institute, LLC, a research "think tank" dedicated to advancing privacy and data protection practices, which is located in Traverse City, Michigan. Ms. Durham joined Ponemon Institute after retiring from Ford Motor Company (Ford) with more than 30 years of service, during which she held a variety of management positions, including Director of Ford's Corporate Privacy Office.
As Director of Ford's Corporate Privacy Office, she was responsible for providing strategic direction globally for Ford and its family of brands, products and services on privacy initiatives and for overseeing the development of corporate privacy policy related to personal information. In this capacity, she provided assistance to operations to meet legal and corporate compliance requirements and deliver optimal business solutions. Ms. Durham coordinated the Corporate Privacy Steering Committee, which provided executive oversight on privacy matters.
Ms. Durham provided subject matter expertise to internal and external groups regarding privacy/data protection policy, reviewed and addressed privacy/data protection legislation, identified risk areas, and proposed/developed recommended solutions, tools and controls, new policies/procedures/processes, and employee training and awareness programs.
Most recently, Ms. Durham served as the Executive Director of Ford Motor Company Fund (Ford Fund), which is Ford's charitable giving arm and a separate legal entity. Ms. Durham managed all operational and administrative aspects of Ford Fund, including financial reporting and analysis, banking, compliance with legal and corporate requirements, payment processing, purchasing/vendor relations, and legal/legislative matters. In addition, Ms. Durham developed giving strategies, approved grants, developed community relationships, and represented the company externally.
She has served on various not-for-profit and business advisory boards and committees. She is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP).
www.ponemon.org

Mari Frank Interviews Job Scam Victim and OC Sheriff Economic Crimes Investigator

Investigator Gene Inouye is currently assigned to the Orange County Sheriff's Department's Economic Crimes Unit and is responsible for investigating various financial crimes including: identity theft, financial elder abuse, real estate fraud, credit/check fraud, and securities fraud.
Over Investigator Inouye's 16 year law enforcement career, he has worked a variety of assignments including: court operations, jail operations, patrol, field training officer, narcotics/gangs/vice investigator, and drug education.
He has many years of experience instructing students, educators, parents, business leaders, and communities on a variety of topics including: crime trends, crime prevention, drug education and financial crimes prevention.
Investigator Inouye is currently a member of the Orange County Financial Crimes Investigators Association.
http://www.ocsd.org
Leslie Howard
Leslie Howard graduated from University of Washington with a degree in Business Administration, with a focus on Finance /Marketing. She studied abroad at Lorenzo de Medici, Florence, Italy
Following Graduation, she worked in Seattle as an Associate Financial Consultant for a litigation consulting firm, in the healthcare practice. She relocated to Southern California in September 2004 to begin a career in mortgage lending with upward mobility and sales opportunities. After working in the mortgage lending industry, she moved to San Diego to work directly with clients as a mortgage broker. Then she started a new mortgage company in Solana Beach, investing as partial owner, as a shareholder. She continued her work as a mortgage broker with the firm from Orange County satellite office. Then she pursued a new professional direction in the field of nutrition, health, and fitness, of which have always been an avid interest and passion by attending Clayton College of Natural Health, earning a degree in Holistic Health and Wellness, with a concentration in Lifestyles and Nutrition. She serves as an instructor of Bikram Yoga.

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Beth Given, Director, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

Beth Givens is founder and director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC), a nonprofit advocacy, research, and consumer education program located in San Diego, California. The PRC was established in 1992 with funding from the California Public Utilities Commission's Telecommunications Education Trust. It is an independent program of the Utility Consumers' Action Network, a nonprofit organization that advocates for consumers' interests regarding telecommunications, energy and the Internet.
The PRC maintains a complaint/information hotline on informational privacy issues, the only one of its kind in the country. It publishes a series of guides on informational privacy issues. Topics include Internet privacy, wireless communications, credit reporting, identity theft, telemarketing, medical records, workplace privacy, employment screening, unsolicited mail, government records, children's online privacy, among others. These are available at the PRC's web site, www.privacyrights.org.
Givens frequently speaks and conducts workshops on the issue of privacy. She has participated in many media interviews including: The News Hour with Jim Lehrer (PBS), CBS Evening News, CNN, 60 Minutes, 48 Hours, Good Morning America, Court TV, NBC Evening News, CBS Weekend News, and major U.S. daily newspapers. She has testified on privacy public policy concerns before the U.S. Senate, the California Legislature, the California Public Utilities Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency.
In addition, Givens has been a member of several task forces examining privacy-related public policy issues:: California Office of Privacy Protection Advisory Committee; Truste Wireless Privacy Committee; Justice Management Institute's Electronic Court Records Advisory Committee; Task Force on Criminal Records Identity Theft; California Legislature's Joint Task Force on Personal Information and Privacy; California Judicial Council Subcommittee on Privacy and Access; Internet Policy Committee of the San Diego Public Library; and the Mayor of San Diego's City of the Future Task Force. She has served on the U.S. Census Advisory Committee. Many of Givens' speeches and testimony are available on the PRC Web site under "Speeches&Testimony," www.privacyrights.org/ar.
Givens was awarded a Pioneer Award in 2002 from the Electronic Frontier Foundations. The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse is a 2000 award recipient from The Foundation for Improvement of Justice for its work in assisting victims of identity theft. Givens is a recipient of the 2000 Privacy International Brandeis Award.
Givens contributed articles on identity theft to two encyclopedias: World Book (2004) and Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment (2002). She is the author of The Privacy Rights Handbook: How to Take Control of Your Personal Information (Avon Books, 1997). She is co-author of Privacy Piracy: A Guide to Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft. Givens is also co-author and editor of the PRC's fact sheets, on the Web at www.privacyrights.org/fs.
Givens holds a master's degree in communications management from the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California (1987). She has a background in library and information services, with experience in online research services and library network development (M.L.S., University of Denver, 1975).
Beth Givens
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Director and Founder
Web:www.privacyrights.org. 3100 - 5th Ave. Suite B, San Diego, CA 92103
Voice: 619-298-3396 Fax: 619-298-5681
Email: bgivens@privacyrights.org