Elimination of Social Security Numbers for Identification Within the Department of Defense

Abstract

Identity theft affects approximately ten million Americans each year and costs consumers and businesses more than $53 billion in losses. In a 2003 study conducted by the Identity Theft Resource Center, fraudulent charges were reported to average more the $90,000 per name used, and the average time spent by victims trying to correct their credit standing was approximately 600 hours. The widespread use of social security numbers (SSN) as a means of individual identification and the compromise of that information, has significantly contributed to the rise in cases of identity theft. Current Department of Defense (DoD) strategies aimed at protecting service members from identity theft are inadequate because they do not address the fundamental vulnerability represented by the use of SSNs as service member identification numbers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA499015

Entities

People

  • M. E. Cover

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civilian Personnel
  • Commerce
  • Consumers
  • Data Centers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Elimination
  • Families (Human)
  • Force Protection
  • Governments
  • Identification
  • Identification Systems
  • Information Systems
  • Military Families
  • Military Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Social Security

Readers

  • Economics
  • Educational Psychology
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.