ID Experts News

ID Experts provides complete services to corporations, universities and government agencies for the management of data breach events. These services include assessment, notification, credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services. Read on for recent news and articles on ID Experts.

ID Experts Restore Released to Provide Fully Managed Identity Theft Restoration Service for Groups
BEAVERTON, Ore. — November 17, 2008 — ID Experts, the leader in identity theft protection and personalized restoration, today introduced Restore™, a fully managed identity theft restoration and protection service for groups. Now available for insurance providers, financial institutions, associations and enterprises, ID Experts Restore provides policyholders, clients or employees with identity theft restoration and protection services that build loyalty and new revenue potential.

WEBCAST: Do You Offer ID Theft Insurance & Does It Measure Up?
Rick Kam, President of ID Experts presents a 12-minute Webcast on how adding ID theft restoration to insurance policies can be affordable, profitable and build client loyalty for insurance companies while meeting the needs of identity theft victims.

ID Experts Joins the Center for Applied Identity Management Research
BEAVERTON, Ore. - October 7, 2008 -ID Experts (http://www.idexpertscorp.com), a provider of data breach notification and response services, today announced joining forces with the Center for Applied Identity Management Research (CAIMR). CAIMR was created to develop research and solutions for society’s most daunting identity management challenges such as cyber crime, terrorism, financial crimes, identity thet and fraud, weapons of mass destruction, and narcotics and human trafficking. The first of its kind, CAIMR will serve as a valuable partner to ID Experts as they collaborate to fight identity theft and other identity management crimes.

ID Experts™ Named as Winner of the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network Tom Holce Awards for Entrepreneurship
BEAVERTON, Ore. — September 23, 2008 —ID Experts (http://www.idexpertscorp.com), the leader in identity theft protection and personal restoration, has been named by the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN) Tom Holce Awards for Entrepreneurship as the Working Capital Stage Company of the year. Along with three other awards recognizing business entrepreneurship throughout the state, the Working Capital Award was announced in an evening reception on Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Oregon Convention Center.

ID Experts™ Successfully Manages More Than 1.5 Million Americans' Identities Compromised by Data Breaches
BEAVERTON , Ore. — September 9, 2008 —ID Experts (http://www.idexpertscorp.com/breach), a provider of data breach notification and response services, today announced that more than 1.5 million breach victims in the United States have benefited from the company's data breach response and identity restoration protection services. Today, more companies are turning to ID Experts to execute legal requirements and best practice measures, minimizing the potential impact of a breach on organizations and their customers.

“Our expertise in handling the intricacies of data breach has significantly grown in the last five years,” said Rick Kam, president of ID Experts. “There is a heightened demand for the data breach response model we provide, which allows our clients to place an often difficult and time-intensive process into the hands of an experienced and trusted team of breach experts.”

ID Experts Releases Five Tips for Companies Victimized by a Data Breach
BEAVERTON, Ore. — August 27, 2008 — With more than 31 percent of customers terminating their relationship with service providers who have been hit with a data breach, ID Experts (http://www.idexpertscorp.com) today announced the availability of its latest white paper, “Playing by the Rules Could Cost You Your Customers.” The white paper addresses the gap between legal obligations for data breach notification and...

ID Experts™ Named Finalist for the 2008 American Business Awards^SM
BEAVERTON, Ore. — May 19, 2008 — ID Experts ™ , the leader in identity theft protection services, announced today it has been named a finalist in two categories for the 2008 American Business Awards SM, the only national, all-encompassing awards program honoring great performances in business.

ID Experts™ Announces New Data Breach Blog
BEAVERTON, Ore. — May 13, 2008 — ID Experts™ , the leader in data breach protection services, announced today its new blog DataBreachWatch.org that will feature data breach alerts, breach news and online resources for security and privacy professionals...

ID Experts' Five Steps to Prevent Medical ID Theft
BEAVERTON , Ore. – April 24, 2008 – Medical identity theft won't just harm your pocketbook, but could cost you your health. Unlike traditional identity theft, the consequences of medical identity go beyond the financial costs. They can impact your health due to...

Customers Ticked Off Over Breach Notification
Dark Reading, April 17, 2008
Consumers are mad as hell about corporate security breaches, and they aren't going to take it anymore. Well, about a third of them aren't, anyway. Some 31 percent of customers who have been notified of the possible exposure of their personal information...

Good News: After Breach, Consumers Vote With Their Feet
InformationWeek Security Blog, April 16, 2008
Survey results show that nearly one-third of consumers terminate their relationship with an organization following a security breach. The survey, dubbed the Consumer's Report Card on Data Breach Notification, conducted by The Ponemon Institute...

Ponemon Institute Examines Consumer Response to Data Breach Notice
Traverse City, Mich. - April 15, 2008 - A new study conducted by the Ponemon Institute shows that consumers are dissatisfied with the notification process used by companies following a data breach affecting their personal information. Sponsored by ID Experts, the Consumer's Report Card on Data Breach Notification revealed 63 percent of survey respondents said...

Ponemon Institute Examines Consumer Response to Data Breach Notice
Traverse City, Mich. — April 15, 2008 — A new study conducted by the Ponemon Institute shows that consumers are dissatisfied with the notification process used by companies following a data breach affecting their personal information. Sponsored by ID Experts, the Consumer's Report Card on Data Breach Notification revealed 63 percent of survey respondents said...

ID Experts Announces New Data Breach Services to Improve Response by Corporations, Government and Universities
BEAVERTON, Ore. —March 26, 2008 — ID Experts™ , formerly known as ID Safeguards, announced today new data breach response services: ID Experts Breach Respond and ID Experts Breach Assess. Developed to resolve the growing consumer dissatisfaction with current breach notification and response methods, these services include breach assessment, notification and communications, monitoring and identity theft recovery...

Identity Protection and Restoration Company ID Safeguards Changes Name to ID Experts™
BEAVERTON, Ore. - March 24, 2008 - ID Safeguards, the leader in identity theft protection and personal restoration, today announced that it has changed its name to ID Experts™. The name change reflects the company's commitment to providing expertise in identity theft protection and restoration to individuals, corporations and the public sector.

ID Safeguards Joins International Association of Privacy Professionals
BEAVERTON, Ore. - March 13, 2008 - ID Safeguards, the leader in identity theft protection and personal restoration, announced today its membership to the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), the world's largest association of privacy professionals. By joining the IAPP, ID Safeguards will be offering its expertise in monitoring and recovering stolen or lost identities that occur through data breach events. Over the past 5 years, ID Safeguards has helped more than 3 million Americans protect their identities through its data breach and identity restoration services.

Use of Commercial Independent Risk Analysis services Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA)
The purpose of this memorandum is to alert you to the establishment of government-wide blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) for independent risk analysis services and encourage agency consideration of these vehicles to the maximum extent practicable.

Top Questions That Will Protect Consumers from Identity Theft
According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, an increase in the number of security breaches and possible identity theft are predicted for 2008. To protect consumers, the creators of FraudStop™, the leading identity theft protection and recovery product, have launched an ID Self-Defense Academy to educate on theft threats.

ID Theft Experts Provide Tips to Keep Your Identity Personal this Holiday Season
BEAVERTON, Ore. - Nov. 29, 2007 - Out shopping with a bag full of receipts? Piles of special end-of year credit card promotions filling your mailbox? Leaving home on vacation? All of these situations provide a prime opportunity for identity thieves to strike.

General Services Administration Selects ID Safeguards to Provide Independent Risk Analysis
ID Safeguards, the leader in identity theft protection and personal restoration, has received a blanket purchase agreement from the General Services Administration (GSA), in charge of long-term government-wide contracts with commercial firms...

ID Safeguards Launches First Personal Identity Theft Protection Service
FraudStop™ combines broadest prevention with personal recovery. Going well beyond conventional monitoring of credit records, FraudStop uses proprietary technology to actively probe more than 1,500 sources of public and private information to safeguard the identities of consumers against fraudsters...

ID Safeguards Hires CMO to Accelerate Growth of Leading Identity Theft Protection Company
New Executive to Expand Products and Develop Market Strategies to Dominate Emerging Market ...

ID Safeguards Launches Identity Theft Blog
Discussion Forum by Industry Experts In Identity Theft Prevention and the Recovery of Stolen Identities ...

ID Theft Protection, Prevention Services Offered for Deaf Community.
The Ohio Department of Administrative Services announced today that it has contracted with ID Safeguards...

Protect Your Data or Be Prepared to Pay Some Really Big Fines.
There's possibly disturbing news for Oregon business owners who have been procrastinating on data security issues...

National ID Theft News

The Latest Victim of Identity Fraud: Mayor Bloomberg
New York Times. "You might think a man worth at least $5 billion would hardly notice if $400,000 or so went missing. But someone noticed..."

College Students Prime Target for ID Theft.
(CBS) Identity thieves zero in on college students much of the time. They're deemed particularly vulnerable to ID theft...

Detective Learns Hard Way About ID Theft
As a police detective who often counsels people on how to avoid identity fraud, Linda Gamblin wishes she had taken...