Armorpoint launches on-demand identity-theft solution.

San Diego-based Armorpoint Inc. announced the introduction of what it calls a unique Web-based resource center as well as proactive tools and services to provide transparent personal data protection for identity-fraud mitigation and risk management.

The company said its product line--which includes an On-Demand Identity Theft Management Platform, Blanket Protection Service and Identity Theft Security Suite[TM]--enables financial institutions and consumer-service organizations to offer customers value-added identity-theft protection for increased security, confidence and retention.

The on-demand platform is implemented as a private-label Web portal, which enables banks, credit unions, mortgage lenders, consumer services and other impacted organizations to offer an online educational and self-help resource center to customers while also achieving Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACT Act) compliance.

An around-the-clock incidence-response and victim-assistance hotline is provided through the company's blanket-protection offering, as well as a full-service call center and resolution services. Armorpoint's advanced Identity Theft Security Suite rounds out the product line with premium protection, credit reports and robust software tools to transparently combat identity theft and fraud.

According to Gary Shields, chairman and chief executive officer of Armorpoint, the company employed software as a service (SaaS) and patent-pending technology to develop what he terms the industry's first on-demand identity-theft management platform and security suite.

"Armorpoint's comprehensive identity-theft security solutions provide access to all the data that consumers need, whenever they need it, to ensure complete ID theft protection, detection, correction and restoration," said Shields. "In doing so, we are closing a critical information gap while moving beyond traditional credit-monitoring and reporting systems to lower risks and increase consumer peace of mind."

Armorpoint's product offerings shield consumers from personal data risks in much the same way that anti-virus software continuously protects computer data from viruses, hackers, spyware and spam.

For example, Armorpoint's online resource center offers subscriptions to e-alerts on industry threats and announcements, phishing attacks and data breaches. Subscribers also can obtain identity-theft and credit education as well as access tools for identity-theft management and resolution assistance.

In addition, Armorpoint's Blanket Protection Service provides 24/7 victim assistance, one-on-one resolution service and $25,000 in identity-theft insurance. Delivering the highest levels of protection, the Identity Theft Security Suite is an upgraded offering that handles daily credit monitoring, credit reports, automated alerts, credit freeze and Web monitoring, along with access to public records, the company said.