Who Is Going to Protect You From Cybercrime And Identity Theft?

You don’t have to look very long to find a cybecrime or identity theft story these days.  The two fastest crimes in the world today appear to be escalating at an ever faster rate. 

Cybercrime and identity theft articles are everywhere

Every day new cybercrime or identity theft articles are released in publications and on the Internet.  Lately, we are hearing how vulnerable our government is, how malware like Conficker is infecting computers around the world and how fast identity theft is growing and impacting millions of innocent people.  

The world is becoming a more dangerous place to live even when we are at home and have our doors and windows locked and the blinds pulled down.  The world is becoming a harder place to stay safe and away from the criminals who are after our personal information and our money.  

Unfortunately, our personal information is everywhere including our doctors and hospital, insurance agencies, credit card companies, banks, mortgage companies, utility companies, and a lot more. 

We are vulnerable to all forms of identity theft including medical fraud, drivers licenses, social security benefits fraud, Federal and State tax fraud, passports, 401k, bankruptcy and a whole lot more. 

 The 2009 Javelin Identity Fraud Report states that identity theft increased by 22 percent from 2007 to 2008.  One-point-eight million more Americans were impacted by identity theft in 2008 than a year earlier.  Total number impacted rose to nearly ten million Americans  costing them them $48 billion according to the report. 

Cybercrime and identity theft go hand in hand.  They are like best friends who work together to rob each of us of our good name and our money.   

So, I ask you, ”Who is going to protect your from cybercrime and identity theft?   

You can’t look to our government to protect you.  Heck, they are having enough trouble keeping the bad guys at bay and from stealing sensitive documents.  Personally, I wouldn’t count on our government to do much to protect you from cybercriminals and identity theft any time soon.  

The Identity Theft Resouce Centertells us only one in 700 identity thieves are ever caught.  So, identity theft, for the bad guys, is a pretty safe to commit a crime.  Unfortunately, the victim is left with the effects of the crime for many years to come.  And, even when a criminal is caught, most Federal and State identity theft and cybercrime laws are weak and don’t hand out much punishment compared to the damage done to the victim.

You can’t count on corporate America to protect you.  With your personal information spread all over the country from one corporation to a doctor’s office to a insuance agency to who knows where else it is, it is only a matter of time before a creative hacker get your personal information, too.

So, what is the answer to the question, Who is going to protect you from cybercrime and identity theft?”   The answer is it has to begin and end with you.  You have to take proactive measures to counter these attacks from these fraudsters. 

I recommend two solutions:

1. Whole identity theft protection – this is a new form of identity theft protection that goes beyond the credit protection you see advertised on radio and TV.  It proactively protects your whole identity regularly checking for all forms of identity theft in thousands of locations including secret Internet trading places the bad guys hang out in.  The service also includes full identity restoration back to pre-theft status. 
2. Managed personal computer service – Again, this is a relatively new form of compter protection.  It includes professional grade protection on your computer and unlimited tech support at no addtional charge to make sure your computer is free of malware and runs like new.

You need 21st century protection to fight against 21st Century crimes! 

You have to take proactive steps to guard against today’s cybercriminals.   They are more creative and inovative that ever before.  It takes a 21st Century form of protection to counteract these bad guys and protect your personal information.  You must take action.  Don’t count on anyone else to do it for you.