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2021
TransUnion completes the acquisition of Sontiq
December 1st | With its digital safety and security solutions – including identity monitoring, restoration, and response products and services that empower consumers and businesses to proactively protect against identity theft and cyber threats – Sontiq complements TransUnion’s digital identity assets and solutions.
Identity Matters to Cigna: Protecting Privacy and Security
November 1st | Cigna has teamed up with Sontiq’s IdentityForce to provide award-winning identity theft protection built to proactively monitor, alert, and help fix any identity theft compromises.
Transunion Enhances Consumer Identity Protection Offerings With Agreement To Acquire Sontiq® For $638 Million
October 26th | The Combined Company Will Offer Comprehensive Identity Solutions, Further Empowering Consumers and Businesses to Shape and Protect Their Financial Futures
SONTIQ® APPOINTS HEAD OF PUBLIC SECTOR SALES TEAM
October 25th | Tech Sector Veteran Walter Hoffman Will Drive Sontiq Growth in Public Sector Market for ID Theft Protection, Breach Readiness and Breach Response
Sontiq® Receives Eighth Consecutive Recognition by North America’s Largest Parent Product Testing Community
October 21st | Parent Tested Parent Approved (PTPA) Awards Sontiq’s IdentityForce with Seal of Approval for World-class Identity Theft Protection & Educational Empowerment for Families and Children
Sontiq® Announces Industry-First Digital Safety and Security Features for Families
October 7th | New Features Safeguard Families Against Cyberbullying, Ransomware and Social Engineering with Resolution and Reimbursement Protection
Sontiq® Offers Public Education Resource To Address Pandemic-Inspired Changes in Cyber Threat Landscape
September 22nd | Protecting What Matters Most eBook Addresses Ever Changing Digital Environment and How Individuals, Families, and Businesses Can Respond to Evolving Threats
Sontiq® Wins Gold Stevie® Award In The 2021 International Business Awards
August 19th | Prestigious Honor Recognizes Strength of Sontiq’s International Expansion through Global Cyber Insurance Solutions
Sontiq® Expands Personal Cyber Insurance Footprint with Unique Insurtech Partnership
August 18th | Life Insurance Producer Walnut Teams with Sontiq to Transform Consumer Experience and Empower Widespread Digital Delivery
2021 Mid-Year Cybercrime Report Highlights Key Fraud Trends, Significant Data Breaches
July 21st |Exclusive Insights Indicate Lesser-Known Data Breaches at Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Pose Serious ID Theft Risks to Consumers
Sontiq’s Fourth Annual Benefit Broker Survey Reveals Major Shifts in Employee Benefit Trends
June 29th |More than 250 Employee Benefit Brokers Say Telemedicine, Employee Wellness, and Cyber Protection Are Top Business Concerns
Zions Bancorp Adds Sontiq® To Its Business Complete Marketplace
June 17th | Partnership Enables Zions to Protect the Financial and Digital Profiles of Its Small Business Customers and Their Employees
Former CIA Cyber Officer & U.S. Government Security Expert Joins Sontiq® as Chief Technology Officer
May 13th | Jeremy Haas to Lead Intelligent Identity Security Company’s Core Technology Strategy and Innovation Office
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Univé Insurance to Offer Cyber Protection to Over 1 Million Policyholders In Partnership with Sontiq® Effective Immediately
May 5th | In the face of rising cyber threats, Sontiq’s Cyberscout® insurance services provide comprehensive and differential support to personal and small business insurance providers
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Sontiq® Expands Executive Team With Cyber Insurance Veteran
May 5th | Matt Cullina Joins Intelligent Identity Security Company as Part of Cyberscout Acquisition to Lead Global Insurance Business
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Sontiq® addresses covid vaccination card compromises with secure identity vault storage
April 13th | Sontiq delivers increased peace of mind and further protection for consumers’ sensitive medical files with its Secure Identity Vault
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Sontiq® Acquires Fintech Provider Breach Clarity
March 9th | Sontiq adds increased peace of mind and further protection for consumers and their sensitive medical files with Secure Identity Vault
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SONTIQ® INTRODUCES PATENT-PENDING REPUTATION MANAGEMENT SOLUTION, REPIQ™, TO ANALYZE AND PROTECT PERSONAL DIGITAL BRANDS
February 25th | Sontiq’s Cloud-based Intelligent Identity Security Platform Delivers Increased Innovation and Flexibility Adding RepIQ into ID Security & Privacy Best-of-Breed Capabilities for IdentityForce® and EZShield®
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SONTIQ® RELEASES ENHANCED BEST-IN-CLASS, DIGITAL-ORIENTED INTELLIGENT IDENTITY SECURITY (IIS) PLATFORM
February 16th | Sontiq’s Solutions, including IdentityForce® and EZShield®, Unify Under Sontiq IIS Cloud-Based Platform, Continuing Legacy of Innovation and Transformation in Identity Theft and Cyber Threat Protection
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SONTIQ® ANNOUNCES DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE CYBERSCOUT® THE LEADING CYBER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PROVIDER TO THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY
February 2nd | Sontiq Welcomes Cyberscout Into Product Brand Portfolio, Joining Market-Leading Solutions IdentityForce® And EZShield®
2020
SONTIQ® RELEASES SIX KEY TIPS FOR COMBATTING ONLINE THREATS WHILE CONNECTING VIRTUALLY WITH FAMILY DURING HOLIDAYS
November 24th | Holiday Travel Drops Over 50% as More Individuals Plan Virtual Celebrations
SONTIQ® AND BREACH CLARITY STRIKE EXCLUSIVE INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP
November 17th | Sontiq’s Solutions, including IdentityForce® and EZShield®, Equip Individuals with Personalized Breach Risk Intelligence For Unprecedented Insight & Recommendations to Mitigate Data Breach Impact
SONTIQ® RELEASES 2020 SAFE ONLINE SHOPPING & SCAM AWARENESS TIP SHEET
November 12th | Online Shopping Expected to Reach $190 Billion as Credential Stuffing, Account Takeover Fraud, and Online Shopping Scams Surge to Steal Consumers Financial and Credit Profiles
SONTIQ® RELEASES 4TH ANNUAL EBOOK FOR CONSUMERS AND BUSINESSES TO SECURE THE PRIVACY OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION
November 5th | Complimentary Resource Delivers Meaningful Insight to Protect Against Fraud and Scams, Featuring Commentary from Over 50 Industry Reports and Cybersecurity Thought Leaders
SONTIQ® CONSISTENTLY HONORED BY NORTH AMERICA’S LARGEST PARENT PRODUCT TESTING COMMUNITY
October 1st | As 2020 Scams and Fraud Continue to Escalate, Parent Tested Parent Approved (PTPA) Awards Sontiq’s IdentityForce with Seal of Approval for World-class Identity Theft Protection for Families and Children
SONTIQ® ANNOUNCES PATENT-PENDING DIGITAL FRAUD PROTECTION FOR PAYMENTS SECTOR
September 24th | Innovation Fuses Credit and Dark Web Monitoring with Mobile Threat Protection to Alert Consumers of Compromised Accounts and Hacked Credentials Related to Digital Payments
SONTIQ® WINS 4TH CONSECUTIVE PEOPLE’S CHOICE STEVIE® AWARD IN 2020 AMERICAN BUSINESS AWARDS
July 22nd | Following its Gold Stevie Award for Product of the Year, Public Selects Sontiq’s Small Business Suite as Favorite New Product
SONTIQ® CELEBRATES 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
June 25th | Parent Company of EZShield and IdentityForce Enters Next Growth Phase for Intelligent Identity Security
SONTIQ® SMALL BUSINESS SUITE WINS GOLD STEVIE® FOR DELIVERING WORLD-CLASS CYBERSECURITY & IDENTITY PROTECTION
May 27th | Described by Judges For “Innovative Use of Cutting-edge Technology,” Sontiq Rallies Around Small Businesses and Introduces 90-Day Free Suite Access
Sontiq® WINS 2020 GOLD STEVIE® AWARD FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF THE YEAR
March 4th | Judges Praise Sontiq for “Impressive” and “Proactive” Approach to Continuously Listening and Rapidly Responding to Customer and Member Needs, for Consumers of both the EZShield and IdentityForce Platforms
SONTIQ’s IdentityForce® Named Best-in-Class by Javelin Strategy & Research
February 5th | Sontiq’s IdentityForce was named the Identity Protection Service Provider Award Winner for 2019
Sontiq® Small Business Solutions Featured at Deluxe Exchange 2020
February 4th | Sontiq’s EZShield to Showcase Exclusive Small Business Identity and Mobile Threat Protection Solutions at Deluxe Exchange 2020
2019
SONTIQ® ISSUES HOLIDAY SHOPPING TIPS TO PROTECT AGAINST IDENTITY THIEVES AND HACKERS
November 14th | Sontiq and Its Brands — EZShield and IdentityForce — Publish Five Tips and Related Resources to Keep Individuals and Families Safe During Holiday Shopping Season
SONTIQ® UPDATES ITS IDENTITYFORCE® MOBILE APP WITH MOBILE CYBERSECURITY FEATURES AND REFRESHED USER INTERFACE
November 12th | New User Experience with the Identity Theft Protection Mobile App Combines Power of Mobile Cybersecurity to Alert Users to Device Threats and Security Compromises
SONTIQ® EMBRACES SALESFORCE.ORG PHILANTHROPY CLOUD AS EARLY ADOPTER THROUGH UNITED WAY PARTNERSHIP
November 5th | Sontiq Formalizes Partnership to Further Extend Volunteer and Community Opportunities for its Employees
SONTIQ® EARNS 2019 TORCH AWARD FROM THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF GREATER MARYLAND
October 17th | Sontiq Secures Repeated Recognition as 2019 Torch Award for Ethics Winner by the Better Business Bureau of Greater Maryland
SONTIQ’S® DALE DABBS HONORED AS MOST ADMIRED CEO
October 8th | Leading Maryland Newspaper Praises Dabbs for Steadfast Commitment to the Community and Strategic Vision and Leadership in Intelligent Identity Security
SONTIQ’S® CORPORATE COUNSEL EARNS PRESTIGIOUS PEER RECOGNITION
September 26th | Corporate Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer, John Burcham, Selected as 2019 First Chair Award Recipient
SONTIQ® EARNS REPEAT RECOGNITION FROM PARENT TESTED PARENT APPROVED
September 17th | Sontiq’s IdentityForce Platform for ID Theft Protection Garners Award from International Organization Based on Top Marks from Parent Community
SONTIQ® NAMED CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF THE YEAR
August 20th | Sontiq’s Brands, EZShield and IdentityForce, Honored as Gold Winner in 6th Annual 2019 Globee Awards®
Sontiq® Releases 3rd Annual eBook for Safeguarding Digital World of Consumers and Businesses
AUGUST 1st | Complimentary Resource Delivers Insights, Trends, & Actionable Tips Distilled from 50+ Research Findings, Security Thought Leaders, & Industry Analysts
Sontiq® Releases New Resources for Employee Benefit Professionals
JULY 15th | Leader in ID Protection & Mobile Cybersecurity to Publish 2nd Annual Benefit Broker Survey Paired with Free Webinar on Wednesday, July 17th
Sontiq® wins People’s Choice Stevie® Award in 2019 American Business Awards
JULY 10th | On the Heels of Winning a Gold Stevie Award for Product of the Year, Voters Select EZShield, A Sontiq Brand, as Favorite New Product for Mobile Defense Suite
EZShield® And IdentityForce® Combine Under New Parent Company: Sontiq®
JUNE 26th | Sontiq is Two Identity Security Powerhouses, EZShield and IdentityForce, Now Working as One Delivering Intelligent Identity Security
EZShield® Wins Gold Stevie® Award
MAY 7th | Judges Describe Mobile Defense Suite as “Best-in-Class Digital Security Product” offering “Extraordinary Performance,” and “Invaluable Protection”
EZShield® Launches Small Business Suite
APRIL 10th | Addresses Evolving Small Business and Employee Identity Theft Protection Needs, Combined with Enterprise-Class Mobile Cybersecurity Capabilities, to Keep Sensitive Information Safe
Industry Leadership Customer Service Recognition
MARCH 28th | Chief Executive Officer, Dale Dabbs, Named Top 100 Influencer in Identity; Company Wins Silver Stevie® Award for Best Customer Feedback Strategy
EZShield® Javelin Best Identity Protection 2018
JANUARY 24th | For Five Consecutive ID Protection Service Provider Scorecards, EZShield has Garnered Leadership Recognition from Javelin – A First-of-its-Kind Achievement in the ID Theft Protection Industry
EZShield® + IdentityForce® Announce 2018 milestones
JANUARY 24th | Celebrating a Year of High-Growth, New Market Penetration, & Product Innovation, Company Kicks-Off 2019 with Top Industry Ranking and Best-in-Class Award by Independent Analyst Firm
2018
EZShield® Launches Mobile Defense Suite
NOVEMBER 14th | Innovation in Digital Identity Theft Protection and Cybersecurity Protects Individuals and Enterprises with Next-generation Mobile Threat Defense
EZShield® Mobile App Wins BankNews’ Innovative Solutions Award
NOVEMBER 7th | EZShield Mobile App Wins BankNews Innovative Solutions Award | Identity Theft Protection App Recognized for its Authentication, Fraud Protection, and Cybersecurity Capabilities
EZShield® Acquires IdentityForce®
AUGUST 15th | Acquisition Unites Two Powerhouses in Digital Identity Theft Protection and Cybersecurity