Awareness – the first step to security

National Identity Fraud Awareness Week is Australia's only nationwide awareness campaign designed to help you protect yourself and your business from identity fraud. The brainchild of leading business security products company, Fellowes, National Identity Fraud Awareness Week is now in its fourth year educating Australian businesses about the dangers of identity fraud.

A win-win for your business security
Act now to protect your business identity. Fellowes is offering a free Document Security Audit to help you assess and minimise your risk of identity fraud.

Take advantage of the free online audit TODAY and win a Fellowes MicroShred MS-450Cs. Visit www.fellowesquiz.com.au now.

*The Global Economic Crime Study, Economic crime in a downturn, conducted by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, November 2009

In 2009, 40% of Australian businesses were victims of fraud. Don’t become a statistic.

Identity is everything in business – isn’t yours worth protecting? Your identity is the single most important business asset you have. It defines your professionalism and your experience, and provides rock-solid assurance to clients. Imagine losing all that.

Statistics to steer clear of
Identity fraud is one of the fastest growing crimes in Australia. According to a recent study on global economic crime, growth in identity fraud is being fuelled by the business climate during and after the global financial crisis.

The study also showed that despite high levels of reported fraud in 2009, only 31% of businesses undertook a risk assessment, leaving almost 70% unaware of their level of risk.

Tossing is all it takes to become a fraud victim
Identity fraud doesn’t just happen online. Hard copies of documents can make you much more vulnerable. So something as simple as binning commercially-confidential information can make you a casualty overnight.

Your sensitive information in the wrong hands
The prospects for Australian and New Zealand businesses include any number of frightening forms of corporate fraud. ID theft, intellectual property (IP) infringement & industrial espionage are all possible. Plus there’s the risk of breach of client confidentiality, which leaves you open to legal action for non-compliance with the Privacy Act.

The simplest solution is the most secure solution
Using a good quality onsite paper shredder is a quick, simple, cost effective and secure method of decreasing identity fraud risk.

Fellowes makes the best paper shredders in the world and are the industry leader in Australia and New Zealand. Fellowes also sets the benchmark for increasing identity fraud awareness by pioneering the only dedicated nationwide campaign designed to highlight the risk of identity fraud and encourage actions to prevent it.