Utica College and Lexis-Nexis announced on Wednesday that they had teamed up with the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service as well as other universities to establish a center for researching identity theft and developing measures to protect consumer data. Utica College promised that the research hub, dubbed the Center for Identity Management and Information Protection (CIMIP), will bring together experts, allow access to sensitive data and produce actionable strategies for combating identity fraud. Other founding members include the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Coordination Center at Carnegie Mellon University, Indiana University, Syracuse University, and IBM.

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