TrustedID Adds Identity Threat Score to Their Identity Theft Protection Service

TrustedID introduced a new service called Identity Threat Score, included in its regular service at no extra charge a little while back. This service lets members know exactly what their risk profile is via a score of 0 to 500, and what they can do about it. This service gives you an accurate picture of where your vulnerabilities lie, and how much you are at risk in different areas.

Trusted ID is able to accomplish this through another service in their identity protection package, known as Identity Scan, in which TrustedID reviews your credit profile, and additional public and private records and compares it to patterns of information that make people more likely to be victimized by identity theft. This scanning and analysis process is similar to the systems some financial institutions use to determine risk based lending and credit worthiness.

Trusted ID then presents your identity threat score to you with a number between 0 and 500 with 0 being not at risk for identity theft. Now that is simple to understand. But they don’t just tell you how much you are at risk for identity theft they also tell you what you can do to improve your score. “ It’s one thing for us to show you that you are at risk, but the Identity Threat score goes one step further to help you reduce that risk” said Scott Mitic, CEO of TrustedID.

In addition, they will also notify you if your score moves into the medium or high range allowing you to take notice of your vulnerabilities. You also have the option to contact a specialist that will help you identify and address your risk with a step by step plan.

In addition to this new service, Trusted Id offers Data Breach Response Service and IDFreeze. IDFreeze helps stop identity theft before it happens and protects you well beyond what credit monitoring can offer with over 15 different protection points. This is much better than credit monitoring services which only alerts you after there is a problem. Data Breach Response Service helps companies protect their customers and employees if somehow their data is leaked to the public.

With 10 million American identity theft victims each year it is important to not take this issue lightly. It really has become a situation where its a matter of when, not if, you will experiance this potentially disastrous crime. Please don’t sit idly by waiting for something to happen before you take action. Learn what you can do to protect your identity and consider an identity theft protection service today.

At less than $10 a month it certainly is worth the price to have TrustedID assess your vulnerability and provide you with some concrete tips to keep those thieves at bay. Of course they do far more than that both on the protection and insurance front.