McAfee Moves Beyond Traditional Antivirus to Protect Customers’ Identity

McAfee has announced a new identity theft solution that goes beyond traditional antivirus to empower consumers to stay protected in the wake of recent massive data breaches. With McAfee Identity Theft Protection, the company continues to deliver innovative solutions that help make the digital world a safer place to live, work and play. McAfee Identity Theft Protection allows users to take a proactive approach to protecting their identities with personal monitoring, financial monitoring and recovery tools needed to keep identities personal and secured. Additionally, through new partner innovations with D-Link and Samsung, McAfee delivers in the key areas of the connected home, mobile security and privacy.

The rapid evolution of today’s threat landscape extends security needs into all facets of consumer’s digital lives. Realizing this, McAfee understands that consumers need more than traditional antivirus software and has expanded its offerings to protect privacy on the go, connected home devices, family safety and identity from theft or misuse. McAfee Identity Theft Protection, McAfee Secure Home Platform, McAfee Safe Family and McAfee Safe Connect help offer consumers peace of mind in an ever-changing digital world fueled by volume, speed and complexity. With the addition of these products, McAfee has realized growth in customers along with global OEM, TEM, ISPs and telecommunications companies partnering with McAfee to help keep their customers safe.

“Data breaches are increasing in volume and therefore calling into question who consumers can rely on to keep their personal information safe,” said John Giamatteo, executive vice president, consumer business group, McAfee. “Today, McAfee is trusted by 375 million consumers worldwide to protect what matters most – whether that is their devices, their child’s online safety, or their identity and privacy. McAfee is a name synonymous with cybersecurity, one that consumers can depend on to continue to evolve and innovate to help put consumer minds at ease when digital security uncertainty is high.”

Securing Digital Identity

Identity theft in America is a major concern among consumers with 66% claiming that ID theft is the crime they worry the most about. Despite this concern, only 37% of Americans have signed up for an ID theft protection service. McAfee understands the importance of feeling safe and how that can positively affect peace of mind. With personal monitoring, financial monitoring and recovery, consumers are empowered with the tools they need to help keep identities personal and secured.

 Key features include:

• Cyber Monitoring – Scans the online black market and the Dark Web and alerts users when their personal information is at risk.
• Social Security Number Trace – Delivers reports of known aliases and addresses tied to a users’ Social Security Number so they can review for potentially fake identities.
• Credit Monitoring – Sends reports based on lending and credit history, and alerts users to changes to their creditworthiness.
• 24/7 Dedicated Agent Support – Allows users access to agents who can answer questions and provide guidance on topics from using credit responsibly to handling identity theft.

 Protecting the Connected Home

As education and awareness rises, individuals and organizations are getting better at protecting against malware like ransomware. Per new McAfee Labs research, this improvement is likely to drive cyber criminals to adjust their tactics and target less traditional, more profitable targets, including high net-worth individuals, businesses and connected home devices.

Together with D-Link, McAfee is helping to secure all connected devices in the home against new threats including viruses, malware, botnet attacks and phishing. The new D-Link AC2600 Wi-Fi Router Powered by McAfee and based on Intel’s connected home technology provides consumers with a comprehensive solution that automatically increases security for devices on the home network. D-Link and McAfee are collectively delivering on both companies’ visions to provide security in an increasingly connected world with features like adaptable machine learning, parental controls, protection for IoT devices and more.