By John Sileo, Experian consumer security expert Let’s say you ordered winter boots for your spouse on Zappos.com (now part of Amazon), which has world-class customer service. You don’t really even shop the competition because someplace in your brain you already trust Zappos to deliver as they always have. Your unquestioned confidence in Zappos is [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Amanda Nevins is one of Experian’s newest faces after joining the team back in October as CFO. She brings to the table a wealth of experience from prior finance positions at international, high growth companies such as Rackspace and Zappos.com.New to Austin and new to Experian, we sat down with Amanda to find out more [...]
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 [...]
PC Mag recently published an infographic that visualizes a study by Commtouch about “The State of Hacked Accounts.” Commtouch collected data from email users who have had their email accounts hacked to draw conclusions about email security and the motives of email hackers.Findings: The study found that two-thirds of hacked email accounts are used to [...]
