At this point in time the ubiquity of personal and sensitive information of businesses and individuals who participate in the world economy is greater than ever. As in the past, your information could be found on an old credit card statement inside your garbage can at the end of your driveway; just waiting to be plucked by the next crafty criminal who can get his hands on it. Now your sensitive personal information is inside not only in your garbage can but as a result of the last couple of decades, information technology now has the ability to send your personal information in packets of data and over telephone wires. Extensive research has come up with empirical evidence that Internet Identity theft is on the rise in the United States and shows little sign of slowing (Federal Trade Commission 2003).

As the inertia of human interconnectivity we know...