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Phishing Scam Targets Human Resources Professionals

The IRS recently issued an alert, warning Human Resources or Payroll professionals to be on the lookout for an email scheme designed to steal employee data from W-2 forms. The ...

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Can Your Employees’ Personal Identity Theft Affect Your Organization?

By: Kevin Lancaster on 05/04/17 13:49

Identity theft continues to grow at an alarming rate. Statistics show that 3% of the U.S. population experienced credit card fraud at least once in 2014. Not to mention that, ...

7 Benefits to Providing Identity Theft Protection to Your Employees

By: Kevin Lancaster on 05/01/17 13:48

Among all of the security features a company needs in order to truly protect itself, it’s easy to forget about the most important aspect of an organization that needs to stay ...

The Anatomy of an Email Data Breach

By: Kevin Lancaster on 04/27/17 13:47

Verizon’s recent announcement of a data breach in their Enterprise Solutions unit is just the most recent of a staggeringly high number of organizational data breaches in the ...

4 Steps You Can Take to Safeguard Protected Health Information

By: Kevin Lancaster on 04/24/17 13:45

The digitization of medical care has become a double-edged sword. Healthcare providers like Kaiser Permanente have used medical records to improve the health of their members.

How to Identify and Prevent Insider Data Breaches

By: Kevin Lancaster on 04/20/17 13:44

A little known fact about corporate identity theft is that a large percentage of data breaches originate inside the organization’s walls. A recent report by Intel estimates ...

How to Protect Your Business From Tax Scams

By: Kevin Lancaster on 04/17/17 13:42

Do you think the IRS is protecting your personal information from cyber thieves? Apparently the Government Accountability Office (GAO) doesn’t think so. In a March 2016 report ...

Are You Protected if Your Supply Chain Gets Hacked?

By: Kevin Lancaster on 04/13/17 13:41

In today’s world, it’s not uncommon for organization’s to have some type of system in place to protect themselves from a potential data breach. Many use secure password ...

5 Ways to Better Secure Your Employees’ Passwords

By: Kevin Lancaster on 04/10/17 13:40

As providers of comprehensive cybersecurity solutions, we’re often asked how an organization can better ensure that their employees are being safe online. There are numerous ...

How to Increase Corporate Security and Employee Productivity with an Identity Monitoring Benefit

By: Kevin Lancaster on 03/20/17 13:36

Protecting employees from cyber threats and identity theft is increasingly becoming a corporate responsibility. Every year, HR and Benefits Managers are faced with the task of ...

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