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INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION
AUGUST 2021
Sontiq won a Gold Stevie® Award in the International Expansion category of the 18th Annual International Business Awards (IBAs). The International Business Awards are the world’s premier business awards program. The Gold Stevie Award recognizes Sontiq’s increased global footprint in cyber protection. The company now protects identities in more than 170 countries. Those identities include 770,000 business customers, 22 million households and 49 million individuals. Sontiq’s penetration into B2B2C and B2B sales channels (i.e., insurance and reinsurance) has grown exponentially while introducing critical cyber protection products to an expanded global audience.
BEST OVERALL ID THEFT PROTECTION COVERAGE & VALUE
April 2021
“IdentityForce is our top recommendation because it offers the best protection for the cost. For the midrange price you get more coverage than you would from anywhere else.” said Brianna Jensen at ASecureLife. “With more identity theft protection features than any other brand we’ve seen, IdentityForce offers a lot for the price.”
TOPTENREVIEWS
JANUARY 2021
TopTenReviews, an independent business reviewer, named our UltraSecure+Credit product the 2021 Best Overall Winner for Identity Theft Protection Excellence.
PARENT TESTED PARENT APPROVED
2014-2021
We’re very proud to earn the Parent Tested Parent Approved (PTPA) Seal of Approval, a.k.a. the “Seal of Approval Families Trust,” from the PTPA, North America’s largest parent testing community.
FAVORITE NEW PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
JULY 2020
Sontiq’s Small Business Suite has been named a winner of a People’s Choice Stevie® Award for Favorite New Product in The 18th Annual American Business Awards® (ABAs) in the Identity & Access Security Solution category. This is the fourth consecutive win for Favorite New Product by Sontiq and its brands, EZShield and IdentityForce, previously winning for Sontiq Mobile Defense Suite, IdentityForce Social Media Identity Monitoring, and IdentityForce UltraSecure+Credit.
NEW PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
MAY 2020
Sontiq won a Gold Stevie® Award as New Product of the Year within the Identity & Access Security Solution category. Sontiq introduced its Small Business Suite in April of 2019, an industry-first solution built to address the growing cyber threats targeting Small- and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs), with a foundation built upon best-in-class identity theft and restoration services combined with business identity theft and mobile threat protection capabilities that today’s small businesses need.
CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF THE YEAR
MARCH 2020
Sontiq won Gold for Customer Service Department of the Year in the Consumer Products & Services category of the 2020 Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service. With an elite Net Promoter Score of 77 — where anything above 50 is considered outstanding — and an average customer satisfaction rating of 9.4 out of 10, the company was recognized for its world-class customer service and support team.
JAVELIN STRATEGY & RESEARCH
FEBRUARY 2020
Javelin Strategy & Research named IdentityForce as the Identity Protection Service Provider “Best in Class” Winner for 2019. Javelin’s 12th Annual Identity Protection Service Provider Scorecard provides the industry’s most comprehensive market research and analysis of identity protection vendors. The 2019 scorecard evaluated 14 total vendors based on 116 evaluation criteria.
TOM’S GUIDE
JANUARY 2020
Tom’s Guide completed a hands-on review of identity theft protection providers and awarded IdentityForce’s UltraSecure+Credit as the Editors’ Choice for 2020.
TOPTENREVIEWS
JANUARY 2020
TopTenReviews, an independent business reviewer, named our UltraSecure+Credit product the 2020 Best Overall Winner for Identity Theft Protection Excellence.
2019 Stevie Awards for Women in Business
NOVEMBER 2019
Sontiq’s Chief Marketing Officer, Donna Parent, was named a Stevie Awards 2019 Woman of the Year in Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations.
BBB Torch Awards for Ethics
OCTOBER 2019
Our organization was named a winner of the Better Business Bureau of Greater Maryland 2019 Torch Award for Ethics.
The Daily Record Most Admired CEO
OCTOBER 2019
Sontiq’s President and CEO, Dale Dabbs, has been named a Most Admired CEO by Maryland’s The Daily Record.
ANNUAL GLOBEE AWARDS®
AUGUST 2019
Our support and identity resolution experts have been honored as a Gold Winner in the 6th Annual 2019 Globee Awards.®
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS
JUNE 2019
Our Mobile Defense Suite won in the Identity/Access Security category at the 2019 People’s Choice Stevie® Awards for Favorite New Product.
NEW PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
MAY 2019
EZShield won a Gold Stevie® Award in the New Product of the Year Category for the leading Identity & Access Security Solution. The launch of EZShield’s Mobile Defense Suite™ in November 2018 marked a milestone for the company. It is the industry’s first pure-play identity theft protection company to pair its solutions with award-winning mobile cybersecurity.
BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU
JUNE 2019
Trusted by millions for a combined 60+ years, Sontiq and its brands, EZShield and IdentityForce, are proud to maintain a Better Business Bureau A+ rating.
Read more here.
BEST OVERALL ID THEFT PROTECTION COVERAGE & VALUE
MAY 2019
“IdentityForce is our top recommendation because it offers the best protection for the cost. It’s not the cheapest option out there, but it’s also not the priciest. And for that midrange price, you get more coverage than you would from anywhere else.” said Brianna Jensen at ASecureLife. “IdentityForce offers some of the most complete monitoring and protection we’ve seen.”
BEST CUSTOMER FEEDBACK STRATEGY
MARCH 2019
EZShield + IdentityForce, earned a Silver placement from the 2019 Stevie Awards. With an elite Net Promoter Score of 70 — where anything above 50 is considered outstanding — and an average customer satisfaction rating of more than 9 out of 10, the company was recognized for its highly strategic feedback loop.
ONE WORLD IDENTITY (OWI)
FEBRUARY 2019
EZShield + IdentityForce President & CEO, Dale Dabbs, was named an One World Identity (OWI) Top 100 Influencer in Identity for 2019. This was the result of a competitive selection process, with nominations for Dale coming across the industry.
TOPTENREVIEWS
JANUARY 2019
TopTenReviews, an independent business reviewer, named our UltraSecure+Credit product the 2019 Best Overall Winner for Identity Theft Protection Excellence.
TOM’S GUIDE
JANUARY 2019
Tom’s Guide completed a hands-on review of identity theft protection providers and awarded IdentityForce’s UltraSecure+Credit as the Editors’ Choice for 2019.
JAVELIN STRATEGY & RESEARCH
JANUARY 2019
Javelin Strategy & Research named EZShield Platinum Protection as the Identity Protection Service Provider Award Winner for 2018. Javelin’s 11th Annual Identity Protection Service Provider Scorecard provides the industry’s most comprehensive market research and analysis of identity protection vendors. The 2018 scorecard evaluated 20 total vendors based on more than 120 evaluation criteria.
U.S. GOVERNMENT
JANUARY 1995
We are a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Approved Federal Government Contractor, and have been awarded the GSA’s Blanket Purchase Agreement for Credit Monitoring, Data Breach Analysis, and Independent Risk Analysis Services. GSA Approval is a designation for organizations that provide services to the U.S. government.
BANKNEWS AWARD
NOVEMBER 2018
EZShield’s Mobile App earned BankNews’ Innovative Solutions Award (authentication, fraud protection, and cybersecurity category).
SVUS AWARDS®
JUNE 2018
IdentityForce’s Social Media Identity Monitoring Suite received its 3rd award in 2018 – a Gold Globee Award in the Information Technology/Security – Identity Management category.
See how IdentityForce protects against social media threats.
SVUS AWARDS®
JUNE 2018
IdentityForce’s Chief Strategy Officer, Heidi Daitch, has been named the “Gold” Executive of the Year by the CEO World Awards.
AMERICAN BUSINESS AWARDS
JUNE 2018
Our Social Media Identity Monitoring Suite won in the Identity/Access Security category at the 2018 People’s Choice Stevie® Awards for Favorite New Products.
NEW PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
MAY 2018
IdentityForce’s product innovation for its best-in-class Social Media Identity Monitoring Suite won Silver placement in the New Product or Service of the Year – Software – Identity & Access Security Solution.
Learn more about IdentityForce’s Social Media Monitoring Suite.
BEST OVERALL WEB DESIGN
MAY 2018
IdentityForce’s corporate web site has been awarded Bronze placement for Best Overall Web Design.
TOM’S GUIDE
APRIL 2018
Tom’s Guide completed a hands-on review of identity theft protection providers and awarded IdentityForce’s UltraSecure+Credit as the Editors’ Choice for 2018.
TOPTENREVIEWS
APRIL 2018
TopTenReviews, an independent business reviewer, named our UltraSecure+Credit product the 2018 Best Overall Winner for Identity Theft Protection Excellence.
GOLDEN BRIDGE AWARDS
AUGUST 2017
IdentityForce Mobile was recognized by the Golden Bridge Awards as the Gold winner in the Security Software category. According to our CEO, Steven Bearak, “This award is especially meaningful as we truly believe that our beta-release approach of our mobile app bridged the gap between our product development roadmap and the expectations of our members.”
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
JUNE 2017
Our UltraSecure+Credit product won in the Identity/Access Security category at the 2017 People’s Choice Stevie® Awards for Favorite New Product.
NEW PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
MAY 2017
At the 15th Annual American Business Awards, we won a Gold Stevie® Award for UltraSecure+Credit in the New Product of the Year Category: Software for Identity & Access Security Solution.
CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF THE YEAR
FEBRUARY 2017
At the 11th annual Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service, we won the Silver Stevie® Award for Customer Service Department of the Year.
TOPTENREVIEWS
DECEMBER 2016
TopTenReviews, an independent business reviewer, named our UltraSecure+Credit product the 2016 Gold Winner for Identity Theft Protection Excellence.
JAVELIN STRATEGY & RESEARCH
JUNE 2016
Javelin, a prominent research-based consulting firm, named us one of the top identity protection leaders in the U.S., and a leader in the Prevention category. Our UltraSecure+Credit product received top honors in the Premium product tier.
ASECURELIFE.COM
MARCH 2014
The editorial and research team from ASecureLife.com, a renowned identity theft protection and financial security content hub, recognized us as Best Identity Theft Protection Company.