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Here’s a secret way to keep your identity—and that of your loved ones—secure: Don’t give out your Social Security number unless it’s absolutely required.

That’s right. Most of the time, it’s OK to say no to schools, doctor’s offices, sports clubs and many other organizations that may ask for this nine-digit identifier. In fact, safeguarding SSNs is a key first step to protecting against identity theft and other fraud.

Identity theft continues to afflict consumers in the United...

Tax season is underway, and that means your tax refund—and your identity—are in play for identity thieves out to make easy money.

Tax identity theft is a fast-growing crime, impacting more than 260,000 victims a year and costing the IRS more than $3 billion in fraudulent tax refunds, according to the...

The countdown is on. Financial institutions doing business in New York must comply with new cyber security rules from the state’s financial regulator by March 2018.

These revamped regulations—the first of their kind nationwide—will impose stringent cyber security requirements on banks, insurers and other institutions regulated by the state’s Department of Financial Services.

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We've got an easy way to get back in shape now that the holidays are over.

Not you, owner and proprietor. You look great. It's your data security that could use a new fitness plan.

Now is the perfect time to start. With a new year upon us, it's the perfect time to re-examine your organization's data lifecycle, how data is collected, used, transmitted and destroyed.

SMBs are increasingly at risk from hacker attacks...