You look in your email inbox and see an email that says it is from someone you know. It even displays their picture. If you trust that this means the email is genuine, you are setting yourself up to be scammed as this is a technique commonly used in CEO fraud.
Expert: Anne Mitchell
Anne P. Mitchell, Attorney at Law, is the CEO and President of the Institute for Social Internet Public Policy (ISIPP). A graduate of Stanford Law School, Anne has been involved in Internet law and policy issues, from both the legal and the technical sides, since 1998. She was the Director of Legal and Public Affairs for Mail Abuse Prevention Systems (MAPS), the very first anti-spam company. Following her time at MAPS, she was brought in as CEO of Habeas, another anti-spam company. Upon leaving Habeas, she founded ISIPP.
In her capacity at the Institute, Mitchell is involved with Internet policy issues ranging from email deliverability, to spam and identity theft, cyber bullying, and everything in between. She has advised state officials at the highest levels and authored part of our Federal anti-spam law.
In addition to her duties with ISIPP, Mitchell is the Dean of Cyber Law and Cybersecurity at Lincoln Law School of San Jose, and sits on the boards of the Denver Internet exchange (Denver IX) and the Asilomar Microcomputer Workshop.
