IACT members conduct Electronic Identity Theft workshop for nearly 300 members of law enforcement

September 23, 2005

TIBRS (Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System) is the system where all police, educational, and other institutional records and reports are recorded, and are then transmitted to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI). This information goes from the TBI to the FBI.

The purpose behind TIBRS is to effectively and accurately track information related to crimes in order to identify crime trends, and aggregate crime statistics.

The Annual TIBRS Conference is a statewide training event for law enforcement. The "Electronic Identity Theft" training was conducted by Casey Rackley, VP FCT and Tammy Alexander, IACT Program Coordinator.

The response was encouraging. Many LE's responded by asking if we could perform in-service at their facilities. We made our materials available for everyone to freely use and distribute at their local departments.

We are also trying to establish a seperate catagory for cybercrime, so that we may track cybercrime statistics in Tennessee. If you have any information on how to further these efforts, or would like us to perform in-service at your facility or ours, please contact Tammy Alexander at: 865-688-9422 or tam at iawire.org.

About Fountainhead College of Technology's (FCT) Center for Information Assurance & Cybersecurity Training (IACT)

Fountainhead College of Technology, formerly Tennessee Institute of Electronics, was founded in 1947 and is committed to using it resources to significantly contribute to efforts to secure the nation's critical infrastructure. In 1999 the college began offering an associate's degree in Information Technology with curriculum developed to include information security training. In 2002 the college began development of a baccalaureate degree in Network Security and Forensics; and in 2003 Fountainhead College of Technology became the first college in the southeast to offer a computer security focused baccalaureate degree. The mission of the IACT center is to develop and maintain a strong information assurance curriculum that adheres to national standards, and to also address the cybersecurity needs of the community by offering training and support for Fountainhead College of Technology students, staff, and faculty; local law enforcement; government agencies; and information technology professionals.

For more information, please visit the official IACT website at: http://www.iawire.org, or contact Tammy Alexander, Program Coordinator at tam@iawire.org.