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Identity Theft 911 Knowledge Center™ Provides Resources, Tips for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and National Protect Your Identity Week

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – October 22, 2009 – In conjunction with National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and National Protect Your Identity Week, Identity Theft 911 (www.identitytheft911.com), America’s leading identity theft resolution and education services provider, is providing information on safeguarding and managing one’s identity and educating consumers, businesses and the media via its Identity Theft 911 Knowledge Center.™

The resources, located at www.identitytheft911.org, include:
•    Original Research/White Papers
•    Consumer Tips, News Alerts and Original Articles
•    Monthly Industry-Focused Newsletters
•    Identity Theft FAQs

Identity Theft 911 also has a number of highly respected experts available for interviews during the month and week. They have extensive expertise and can comment on virtually all topics related to identity fraud, identity theft, cybercrime and data security. They include:

Ondrej Krehel—Information Security Officer
Eduard Goodman—Chief Privacy Officer
Matt Cullina—CEO
Adam Levin—Chairman and Co-Founder

Krehel outlines some things to keep in mind to help avoid fraud and identity theft while shopping online, especially during the upcoming holiday season:

•    Before purchasing anything on a Web site, read site reviews or blog comments by others. Use sites such as Pricegrabber.com or Froogle.com (Google shopping) for comparing prices and read users reviews of the online merchant.
•    Be aware of phishing e-mail scams that include Web site links advertising incredible deals. Rather than clicking on them, type the link of known sites into your browser.
•    Use different passwords for online retailers and your personal e-mail accounts.
•    Unless necessary, it usually is not a good idea to save your personal information on the merchant’s Web site.  Just looking at the news, you can see how many Web sites have been breached, hacked or had their user’s personal data compromised recently.
•    Do not send your payment information via e-mail; these communications are not secure.


About Identity Theft 911®
Protecting over 30 million people, Identity Theft 911 is a leader in identity theft resolution, providing innovative, enterprise-level fraud solutions and consumer education to Fortune 500 companies, many of America's largest insurance companies, corporate benefit providers and a wide spectrum of financial institutions. For more information, visit www.identitytheft911.com.