Lost in Neverland: The Growth of Child Identity Theft

By | February 15th, 2012|Uncategorized|

One out of ten children is targeted for identity theft. Child identity theft is a rising problem. Upon stealing a child’s social security number, a thief can run up a hefty amount of credit card debt, take out loans and establish driver’s licenses—and the crimes often go unnoticed until the victim is of age to [...]

Data Privacy Day: Protect Your Company Data

By | January 31st, 2012|Uncategorized|

In honor of Data Privacy Day on January 28, initiated by the National Cyber Security Alliance, we have compiled a few simple best practices for businesses to protect and secure valuable data. Password Changes Encourage or require employees to regularly change passwords used for company servers, email and programs every 90 days. This will help [...]

iPad Vampires: 7 Simple Security Settings to Stop Data Suckers

By | January 18th, 2012|Uncategorized|

By John Sileo, Experian consumer security expertInformation is the currency and lifeblood of the modern economy and, unlike the industrial revolution, data doesn’t shut down at dinnertime. As a result, the trend is towards hyper-mobile computing – smartphones and tablets – that connect us to the Internet and a limitless transfusion of information 24-7. It [...]

Tips for the Business Traveler: Part II

By | January 12th, 2012|Uncategorized|

By John Sileo, Experian consumer security expertIdentity theft rates skyrocket for travelers. As USA Today noted in a recent article about the topic: Experts say business travelers are especially vulnerable because they increasingly rely on electronic devices that easily can be lost or hacked. Credant Technologies, a data-protection company, found that travelers have lost 11,000 [...]

College Students Can Destroy Financial Future with Poor Choices

By | December 15th, 2011|Uncategorized|

By John Sileo, [cc id='csid'] consumer security expertCollege is the perfect period of life to begin sound financial practices including protecting privacy. Not only are college students vulnerable, but they are impressionable and well positioned to learn strong habits that will last them a lifetime. As students launch into independence, we, as parents, hope to give [...]

Tips for the Business Traveler: Part I

By | December 15th, 2011|Uncategorized|

By John Sileo, Experian consumer security expertData theft has serious implications for business travelers, including a high risk for identity theft. I have a personal experience with identity theft while traveling – it occurred during a trip to Orlando to, ironically, give a speech about avoiding identity theft. Read more about that experience in a [...]

Put Up Your Festivus Pole, Deck the Halls, Spin the Dreidel, and Avoid ID Theft

By | December 9th, 2011|Uncategorized|

The Holiday Season is finally upon us. With Chanukah beginning this week, and Christmas and New Year’s just around the corner, shopping is coming (if it hasn’t already) into full swing. As we all look forward (maybe) to spending time with family and friends, we should also be mindful of identity theft. The Holiday Season is [...]

Do You Know Who (Or What) Your Friends Are?

By | November 7th, 2011|Uncategorized|

With more than 800 million users worldwide, Facebook has become the defacto standard in social networking platforms.  One of its most important features, the ability to quickly and easily scan whether or not you know people by looking at common connections, has expanded networks across the entire world. You all know this already…  but how [...]

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