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Identity Theft 911 Adds Ondrej Krehel as Information Security Officer

Move Will Allow the Company to Broaden Data Breach Services;

‘Build-Out’ Data Risk Management Programs and Provide Technical Expertise to Clients

Identity Theft 911, America’s leading identity management and identity theft education and resolution services provider, has hired Ondrej Krehel as the company’s Information Security Officer. The move will enable Identity Theft 911 to strengthen its internal protections and broaden the company’s data breach preparation and remediation services.

“Ondrej’s extensive technical expertise and hands-on data forensics experience will enhance our client offerings” said CEO Matt Cullina. “He will give us the ability to better assist our clients and their customers’ data breach preparedness and response programs, aiding them in determining the vulnerability of their informational assets.”

Krehel will manage Identity Theft 911’s information security program and will augment the company’s existing data breach client services. With almost a decade of network and computer security experience investigating intellectual property theft, massive deletions, defragmentation, anti-money laundering and computer hacking, Krehel brings a broad range of knowledge to the company.

Previously, he was a digital forensic examiner in the New York office of Stroz Friedberg, a computer forensics, investigations and electronic discovery technical firm, where he led computer security and forensics projects internationally and in the U.S. and was instrumental in helping clients detect, investigate and combat intrusions and data breaches.

Before that, Krehel was an lT technical security project leader at Loews Corporation, where he implemented technical security solutions and was responsible for providing the first line of response for all cases involving the compromise of networking equipment, servers and end-user machines. He began his career as a computer analyst at the government-owned utility company Slovenske Elektrarne A.S., in Bratislava, Slovakia, where he focused on information security and emergency security incident response for their nuclear, water energy, and coal power plants.

Krehel has an M.S. degree in Mathematical Physics from Comenius University in Bratislava and an Engineering Diploma from Technical University in Zvolen, Slovakia. He has also completed various courses in intrusion and forensics training, including AccessData BootCamp, and Niksun forensics training. He is a member of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA), the Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC) and the International Council of Electronic Commerce (EC Council). He also is an (ISC) Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH).

About Identity Theft 911^®

Protecting more than 30 million Americans, Identity Theft 911 is a leader in identity management and identity theft remediation and resolution solution services to businesses and consumers on behalf of its 450 client institutions, as well as in comprehensive data breach preparedness (including incidence response plans), compliance, and notification and remediation services that are currently found in more than 150,000 businesses.

Identity Theft 911 provides innovative, enterprise-level solutions and consumer education to Fortune 500 companies and emerging markets, many of America's largest insurance carriers, corporate benefit providers and a wide spectrum of other financial institutions, including banks and credit unions.

For more information, visit www.identitytheft911.com or Identity Theft 911’s Knowledge Center™ at www.identitytheft911.org.