Banks urging: ID theft
Banks are pouring money into building formidable defenses against computer hackers but are only just waking up to what may be a bigger threat — the physical theft of client information by criminals in the office.
“You can have a fortress-like security system, but if you are not terribly discriminating with consultants and temporary employees, that is a terrible vulnerability,” said Carmen Oveissi Field, a New York-based consultant on computer crime.