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Data Breaches 101: What They Are And How To Prevent Them

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A data breach could ruin your business overnight. That’s the harsh aftermath companies face today following high-profile breaches. That’s the harsh aftermath companies face today following high-profile breaches. What Is A Data Breach? Understanding breach avenues helps strengthen protections proactively.

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Call Centers Batten Down The Account Takeover Hatches

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That the Equifax breach will be a major watershed moment in the history of data security, impacting consumers nationwide for years to come, is not a terribly controversial point. It’s why β€” even before the Equifax data breach β€” firms were exploring advanced technologies to improve security, such as biometrics.

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How The U.S. Government Sets The Benchmark For Digital ID Standards

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The digital ID industry is devoting an immense amount of effort and capital to protecting digital identities as data breaches and privacy concerns continue to make headlines on a regular basis. Data breaches’ stakes are sky high for corporations, meaning ID security is even more important to the United States federal government.

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Deploying A Multilayered Fraud Prevention System During The COVID-19 Pandemic

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I got an email just recently that said that my Social Security number had been frozen and to click β€˜this link’ to unfreeze it.”. Banks must therefore deploy fraud defense systems that leverage multiple security measures to make sure fraudsters who breach one layer will be stopped by the next, Gould explained.