Data Breach Solutions
Think your business is safe from a data breach? Think again.
Data Breaches are on the rise. Be prepared.
More than ever before, your employees and customers are at great risk for identity theft and fraud. Last year alone, there were over 250 data breaches, compromising the personal information of nearly 55 million individuals.* And the cost is astounding: over $50 billion in losses to businesses and consumers.**
Consider what a breach can do.
Knowing that a data breach is a very real possibility, your company needs to be prepared for it. After all, a breach can have many serious implications:
- Erosion of employee customer trust
- Decline in shareholder value
- Undesirable publicity
- Legal & regulatory liabilities
- Out of budget expenses
Experienced help is here.
Equifax can help you prepare with our Equifax Data Breach Response Team -- a dedicated group of professionals that will implement a "data breach response plan" before a breach ever occurs.
Here's how our Response Team provides peace of mind.
Consults with you to create a customized Data Breach Response Plan that will enable you to:
- Quickly inform consumers, employees, and shareholders with pre-defined communications regarding the event and the steps you are taking on their behalf ;
- Offer the appropriate level of identity theft protection products based on the risk profile of the data breach (ask about our Data Breach Risk Assessment Matrix);
- Provide a dedicated Call Center to assist breached victims before, during and after enrolling in the service;
- Place Fraud Alerts on consumers' credit files at all three credit reporting agencies as requested.
* Chronology of Data Breaches published by PrivacyRights.Org, **Javelin Strategy & Research on "Credit Monitoring and Identity Fraud Insurance," (2005).