Issue link: https://www.e-digitaleditions.com/i/61375
The person chosen to D ATA B I T Spam e-mail accounts for 32 percent of all e-mail sent in North America, up from 17 percent in 2001, according to estimates from research firm IDC, Framing- ham, Massachusetts. than the half-percent success rate of most spam e-mail. The firm found that 92 percent of known phishing attacks have occurred in the last 12 months; it estimates that as many as 1.78 million people could be victims. In response, U.S. officials are crack- ing down on phishers and many companies are launching promotions to stress that they never will ask for personal information via e-mail. that appear to be authentic commu- nications from legitimate companies like eBay or AOL asking for personal data such as Social Security and credit card numbers. When Gartner Research recently sur- veyed 5,000 adults, it found that 3 percent of them had divulged per- sonal informa- tion to phish- ers—far more s E-LEARNING TAKES FLIGHT British Airways has launched a new global learning program for its 48,000 employees. The self-directed online program has been developed through partnerships with software provider Oracle Corp. and corporate education provider NETg, part of The Thomson Corporation. The company's goal is to cut costs while improving learning opportunities for its staff. Oracle iLearning and Thomson NETg Open Learning will help British Airways manage hun- dreds of online and traditional courses and allow employees to reg- ister for courses, participate in classes, access information, and man- age course schedules. s z BizEd JULY/AUGUST 2004 53 create America's first public auditing standards comes from a place that's been setting standards for years. Baruch. It was no surprise to us that Douglas Carmichael was chosen to be chief auditor of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. We chose him first. This award-winning author had been a professor at Baruch for over twenty years, the kind of world-class professor we actively seek. Because, at Baruch, we believe a great education begins with great faculty. THE AMERICAN DREAM STILL WORKS. 646-312-1300 q http://zicklin.baruch.cuny.edu