. >> tom: denis kelly is author of the "official identity theft prevention handbook." he's also chairman of the identity ambassador commission, a private group that certifies identity theft prevention experts. >> welcome tonight to business report. is there no amount of money? no amount of protection can guarantee the security of customer information online? >> there's nothing that can absolutely guarantee your information won't be stolen. the way the identity theft criminals work, you can't guarantee your information won't be stolen. >> tom: we saw the executives from sowny and epsilon endorse the idea of federal legislation in order to security breach protocol. what are cums expecte companies do now? >> right now policies are guiding them. that's where we get a situation where companies are actually begging for legislation to regulate them. >> tom: is it possible federal regulation could cover all security breaches? >> it's impossible to cover all types of different security breaches, but what they can do is provide a framework that gives them an option to change thi