ID Experts Announces New Data Breach Services to Improve Response by Corporations, Government and Universities

BEAVERTON, Ore., March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- ID Experts(TM), formerly known as ID Safeguards, announced today new data breach response services: ID Experts Breach Respond and ID Experts Breach Assess. Developed to resolve the growing consumer dissatisfaction with current breach notification and response methods, these services include breach assessment, notification and communications, monitoring and identity theft recovery components. Tailored to meet the individual needs of the private sector and government agencies, ID Experts is delivering a comprehensive approach to responding to data breach events that alleviates legal liability, manages public perception, and protects and restores individuals' identities from identity theft.

According to a new study to be released in April 2008 by the Ponemon Institute, the leading privacy and information management research firm, consumer victims of corporate breach events are terminating their business relationships because of a lack of responsiveness.

"Our research shows that consumers are growing increasingly dissatisfied with the way they are being treated following a data breach," said Dr. Larry Ponemon, chairman and founder, Ponemon Institute. "The manner in which breach notification communications are often conducted fails to appropriately convey what the consumer needs to make an informed decision about protecting their personal information and, as such, does not succeed in being the first step in helping to repair a breakdown in trust."

ID Experts Breach Services

ID Experts Breach Services offer a full recovery model to organizations that addresses the need for better response time, guidance, communication, and services offered to breach victims. By using ID Experts Breach Services, individuals affected by the breach are protected with fully managed identity theft recovery services, and the impacted organization has the assurance that their breach population experiences a high level of satisfaction. ID Experts Breach Services include:

-- ID Experts Breach Respond, designed for corporations, healthcare providers, universities and government agencies that have experienced a data loss of personal information. The offering is structured around a package of services that includes: assessment of the breached population, integrated notification of and communications with the breached individuals, monitoring and advisory services to assist in preventing identity theft, and fully managed, personal recovery services to ensure any identities compromised by the breach are fully restored.

-- ID Experts Breach Assess, designed to meet the demanding requirements of government agencies. This product provides independent risk analysis services for assessing the impact and implications of a data breach, including the level of risk for potential misuse of sensitive information and is available via a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with the federal government. It also helps in assessing risks and planning for a response prior to a breach, to ensure that an agency can respond swiftly and properly in a breach emergency.

"These new services are focused on helping organizations address both the growing costs of managing data breaches and the extraordinary dissatisfaction of the individuals affected by the breach," said Rick Kam, president of ID Experts. "We have successfully managed data breaches for some of America's largest corporations and institutions and for more than five years created satisfied customers in the most difficult of situations."

Availability

ID Experts Breach Services are available now. For more information, contact ID Experts at 503-726-4529 or visit their Web site http://www.idexpertscorp.com

About ID Experts

ID Experts provides identity theft protection services for individuals, corporations and the public sector. Unlike other identity theft protection service providers that rely solely on credit monitoring, ID Experts takes a uniquely personal approach to identity protection-whether it's a single individual or family, or up to the largest corporations, government agencies and universities, ID Experts ensures each and every individual receives protection and recovery assistance. Today, ID Experts protects more than 3 million individuals nationwide from identity theft. These customers benefit from ID Experts' team of experienced identity recovery advocates who have a 100 percent success rate in restoring victims' identities to pre-theft status. For more information visit http://www.idexpertscorp.com.