Data Breach/ID Theft

You Don’t Have to Be an Adult to Have Your Identity Stolen

by Samantha Masters | Updated March 16, 2021 | Data Breach/ID Theft | 3 min read

Data is everywhere, and it continues to grow and spread every day. This information can contain sensitive information within it. However, many people are not concerned about identity theft. The issue with a lot of data is that there are more possibilities for the thieves and hackers to find...

Data Security and Retention for Remote Workers in the Wake of Corona Virus

by Rand LeMarinel | Updated April 30, 2020 | Data Breach/ID Theft | 3 min read

In the wake of the coronavirus, governments across the United States have encouraged business owners to allow their employees to work from home. While working remotely should help reduce the spread of the virus, it also increases a company risk for exposing sensitive information – especially if workers bring...

Different Types of Security In Records Management

by Ryan McHugh | Updated November 17, 2020 | Data Breach/ID Theft | 3 min read

Security threats in records management come from all directions ranging from malware and data breaches to theft, fire, or flood, making it essential to incorporate multiple types of security in records management. In this video you’ll learn more about why using multiple security strategies is important, where top security...

The Data Breach Case Study & Protection Guide

by Ryan McHugh | Updated May 23, 2019 | Data Breach/ID Theft | 4 min read

Even the tiniest security gap can lead to a data breach. After a $5.5 million settlement, Nationwide Insurance’s breach serves as just one example of the growing number of data breaches each year—making it all the more important you have protections in place. What Happened Even the tiniest...

Personal Information Insecurities: Keeping Your Eye on the Ball

by Ryan McHugh | Updated May 23, 2019 | Data Breach/ID Theft | 6 min read

With the rapid acceleration of technologies and their potential for both storing and transferring mass amounts of information, there are many new threats and insecurities to proprietary and personal information than ever before. Although anyone watching the email scandal of the 2016 US election or the recent headlines of...

Modern Medical Identity Theft: What It Is, and How to Prevent It

by Ryan McHugh | November 21, 2016 | Data Breach/ID Theft | 6 min read

Today, much of the healthcare industry is shifting with increasing speed towards electronic health record systems (EHR). Streamlining healthcare management for millions of patient records by simplifying access as well as version control, there are still threats for medical identity theft to nevertheless look out for. Whether from a...

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly—Password Practices to Avoid

by Ryan McHugh | Updated May 23, 2019 | Data Breach/ID Theft | 6 min read

Despite warnings by experts on password security and numerous data breaches, password habits today tend to lean more toward the side of lesser security—and sadly as data shows, the proof of that is, as they say, in the pudding. Over 60% of recent data breaches have stemmed from default,...

Password Hacks: How to Create a Strong Password

by Lauren Hilinski | December 5, 2016 | Data Breach/ID Theft | 2 min read

Passwords have been our primary source of security since the beginning of the digital age, and their origins can be traced back to ancient times. As technology progresses, hackers with malicious intent find new ways to crack passwords and steal information. As society delves deeper into the digital world...

Encryption: Making Company Security a Harder Code to Crack

by Ryan McHugh | Updated July 17, 2019 | Data Breach/ID Theft | 6 min read

Leaving both large-scale organizations and smaller companies alike scrambling to recover their compromised information and damaged reputations, recent high-profile data breaches have made the importance of data security plain as day. While in past decades businesses met this essential need with strategies like paper shredding to protect sensitive hard-copy...

What Does a Data Breach Look Like?

by Lauren Hilinski | October 31, 2016 | Data Breach/ID Theft | 2 min read

As technology advances we continue to find new and helpful ways to use it for everyday functions and transactions. But the deeper we delve into the digital world, the more our information is out there for anyone to access. Data breaches are becoming increasingly common, and the effects are...