Last week, Experian participated in the 3rd annual UT Center for Identity ID360 conference. The conference brought together some of the best and brightest minds in identity management to talk about problems, trends, and solutions related to protecting and securing PII.A number of topics were discussed during this year’s conference but there were a few [...]
While many dedicate their careers to spreading the word about cyber security, this week’s news about the Heartbleed vulnerability has put cyber security in the spotlight, giving the world a new found perspective on just how susceptible the Internet can be.Farhad Manjoo of The New York Times said “the bug known as Heartbleed... is a [...]
Last year we polled parents on their feelings and actions towards child identity theft. The results? Most were not taking measures to protect their children against identity theft risks. Recently, we heard from parents and businesses with more questions and interest surrounding this topic. To address these questions, we hosted a #cyberSAFEchat Twitter chat coupled [...]
On the morning of April 8, 2014, the OpenSSL community revealed a security vulnerability in recent versions of the OpenSSL software. Dubbed Heartbleed, the vulnerability poses a serious security concern because cyber criminals could exploit the vulnerability to expose site users’ Personally Identifiable Information (PII).What does this mean, exactly?OpenSSL is an open-source encryption technology used [...]
A recent survey commissioned by Semafone and conducted by OnePoll revealed that most consumers do not want to do business with a company that experienced a data breach. Of the 2,000 men and women polled, more than 86 percent said they were “not very likely” or “not at all likely” to do business with a [...]
Phew! March has come to a close – and what a busy month it was. Let’s dive right in.SXSW InteractiveWe have another successful SXSW Interactive under our belts. This year we took part in everything from news interviews (President Joe Ross and CIO Adam Tyler both did TV interviews) to panel discussions (VP Bryan Hjelm [...]
It is common practice in today’s digital age to save personal information to online retail, banking and social accounts. However, storing information online makes you a target to identity thieves interested in collecting and selling personal information on the black market. There’s a new term for users who have too much information stored online: “identity [...]
This guest blog post comes from Camille McClane, writer and researcher based in Southern California. Between Snowden, the NSA, the sheer amount of our private information we keep in public and the vulnerability of our personal electronics to hackers and their ilk, it’s easy to feel like we’re in an inescapable downward spiral toward absolute [...]
According to the latest Harris Poll, 60 percent of consumers who knew about recent, notable retail data breaches hold the merchant responsible for future incidents, while only 13 percent believe that responsibility falls on banks."Fraud prevention is now a matter of predicting complex consumer behavior based on changing sentiments," said Dr. Pedro Bizarro, chief data [...]
Cyber security was a hot topic this year at South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi), the digital, film and music festival held in our headquartered city of Austin, TX. We took part in the security discussions by sharing some mobile security tips, hosting a networking party Saturday night and participating in three SXSWi panels. Take a [...]
