“Thank you, but we already have identity theft protection.”
Our salespeople occasionally hear this response from decision-makers at prestigious national organizations. They believe identity theft protection is the same as online privacy protection, and assume that having one means they don't need the other.
The Crucial Difference
Think of it this way:
If your brakes fail and cause a car accident, your insurance may cover the repair costs and medical bills. However, if a mechanic had checked your breaks beforehand, they could have fixed the issue, preventing the accident altogether.
Identity theft protection mitigates the damage after a ransomware attack. In contrast, online privacy protection safeguards your organization before an attack, significantly lowering your risk of a data breach and its severe financial and reputational consequences.
How Online Privacy Protection Works
Online privacy protection removes personal information like home addresses and phone numbers from internet sites. This prevents attackers from using these details to find more personal information about your employees, such as friends and relatives, travel patterns, and even photos from social media. Hackers use this content to craft phishing emails that appear to come from someone the recipient knows, tricking even vigilant employees. One click on a link in such an email can compromise your IT systems.
When this content is not easily accessible online (because we’ve removed it), hackers will target someone else.
Learn more: How You Can Stop the Weaponization of Privacy
Additional Benefits
Removing this content also protects public-facing employees from threats or harassment at their homes by disgruntled customers. You’ll receive fewer robocalls, encounter fewer online scams, and enjoy peace of mind in knowing that your home address, the place where you and your family feel most safe, is not accessible by anyone who wants it.
Identity Theft Protection is Important: That’s Why We Offer It Too
Instead of only mitigating the damage after the worst has happened, we believe in taking preventative steps to lower the likelihood of your organization becoming a victim in the first place. Forward-thinking companies are protecting themselves before their systems are compromised.
How Safe Are You Right Now?
We can provide you with a Risk Assessment analysis at no cost, showing where your personally identifiable information is found online. Your address is likely accessible in hundreds of places, shared or sold by thousands of data brokers.
You will receive the same assessment we provide to federal government officials, Supreme Court justices, and other at-risk professionals – and it’s on us. You'll be shocked at the results.
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