Security Guides and Resources

Everything you need to know about how your personal information is vulnerable to today’s on and offline threats. Find insights, facts, recommendations and best practices in our content library.

Privacy

How To Safely Share Sensitive Information

Send it in pieces Here’s a simple way to send sensitive but not the most confidential of information: Break your message …

Family

Internet Safety And Kids: Protecting Your Child In A Connected World

Give most children a cell phone or tablet, and it won’t take long to realize he or she is as adept (or, likely, more so) …

Breach

Internet crime and punishment: What happens when your data gets leaked

Who? Ride-hailing service Uber What happened? The names and license numbers of a reported 50,000 drivers were leaked …

Identity

Protecting Yourself During A Move

Moving can be a headache. For thieves, though, it’s a target. Strangers are in and out of your home for days and your …

Credit

Credit Card Security: Chipped Cards. Are You Safer?

You’ve likely added a chip-enabled credit card or two to your wallet in the past few months. Many industry experts say …

Identity

Social Media, Identity Theft And Fraud: How To Keep Cyber Criminals At Bay

Take a look at your Facebook profile. There’s a good chance it contains your full name, birth date and hometown. That …

Breach

2015’s Biggest Hacks: LastPass

Is this a big deal? Luckily, a hack doesn’t mean thieves who access the company’s servers can sign in and open up a …

Breach

2015’s Biggest Hacks: OPM

A spotlight once again fell on the U.S. government’s security technology this summer after hackers and improper data …

Breach

2015’s Biggest Hacks: Blue Cross Blue Shield

Attacks targeting healthcare-industry data have exposed the information of millions of Americans this year. More than 12 …

Breach

2015’s Biggest Hacks: Anthem Inc.

In one of the largest medical-data thefts in U.S. history, hackers stole personal information of as many as 80 million …

Taxes

Tax fraud: How to Protect Yourself From a Multibillion-Dollar Industry

Here’s How it Works In one scenario, an identity thief uses your Social Security number to apply for a job. He or she …

Credit

Credit Scores 101

Improving your score Things that negatively impact your credit score (including missed payments, closing an account and …