This guest blog post is a part of our cyberSAFE blog series focusing on back-to-school security, privacy and identity topics. It comes from Alok Kapur, Chief Marketing & Customer Officer at PRIVATE WiFi, a personal VPN product that protects individuals while using laptops and other mobile devices on wireless Internet connections. An expert in the [...]
More than 2,000 consumers were surveyed by Intercede and the results are in: many are sharing passwords with friends, family and colleagues. In fact, 51 percent of those surveyed admitted to sharing usernames and passwords with others, reported Help Net Security.In addition to sharing passwords, more than half of the respondents are in the good [...]
They can see where you go, how often, how long you stay there and what time you typically leave. No, we’re not talking about cyber criminals. We’re talking about retailers.In 2014, location based marketing has become an increasingly popular marketing tool for businesses to evaluate consumers’ habits and preferences. Trackers collect pings from your cell [...]
This guest blog post is a part of our cyberSAFE blog series focusing on back-to-school security, privacy and identity topics. It comes to us from Diana Graber, co-founder of CyberWise, the go-to-to source for busy adults who want to learn how to embrace digital media fearlessly, and the CyberWise Certified online learning program (check out [...]
This guest blog post is a part of our cyberSAFE blog series focusing on back-to-school security, privacy and identity topics. It comes to us from Kara Wright, the Digital Media Coordinator for the National Cyber Security Alliance. She assists the operation and development of the STOP. THINK. CONNECT. and National Cyber Security Awareness Month campaigns [...]
Government concerns about the nation’s cyber security have been making headlines recently. The latest? It lies in the energy sector, following a number of attacks.Alan Neuhauser of US News shared the growing concerns of the energy industry: “Cyber security leapt onto the list of the top five concerns for U.S. electric utilities this year, yet [...]
This post is part of our cyberSAFE series focusing on SMB financial and reputational risks. You can learn more about the financial and reputational risks SMBs face during every phase of business growth by taking a look at our SMB Security For Every Phase of Growth webinar. This cyberSAFE guest blog post comes to you [...]
While it seems like South by Southwest Interactive 2014 was just yesterday, it’s already time to start voting for the 2015 SXSW panels. This year, Experian is up for four panel sessions and we could use your support to get these topics chosen for next year’s event.How it works: check out the panel descriptions below. [...]
Earlier this week The New York Times reported Russian criminals had amassed 1.2 billion username and password combinations from companies across the globe. A breach of this magnitude can leave some consumers wondering if these massive breaches will ever stop and what, if anything, they can do to protect themselves.At Experian, we see 70 to [...]
Can you believe how quickly this summer is flying by? We stayed busy this July and had some great highlights – like that time we collected school supplies for kids in need, or that time our CFO was named one of the best in Austin. Here’s what we were up to in July:Back-To-School DonationsIn July [...]
