Identity Guard - Total Plan
Why We Recommend it
- The Total Plan's identity and financial monitoring service offers coverage for the whole family.
- It helps keep your children's identities off the dark web and away from abuse.
- Its broad range of services does not come at the expense of user experience.
BEST FOR
- Couples with moderate to high combined household incomes.
Additional Details:
Identity Guard(R), a rounded identity and financial monitoring service offering for you and your entire family, helps keep your children’s identities off the dark web and away from abuse
- Credit & debit card monitoring
- Monthly credit score*
- 3-bureau credit change notifications
- $1mm identity theft insurance**
Dashlane: Family Password Manager
Why We Recommend It
- Six family members can all have individual accounts managed under the same plan.
- The app's overall user experience is straightforward, intuitive, and very enjoyable.
- Generates strong, complex passwords for increased account security.
- Autofill makes logins seamless across everyone's online accounts.
- Includes a VPN.
Blink℠ by Chubb®
WHAT WE LIKE ABOUT IT
- A true comprehensive stand-alone Cyber insurance solution for consumers
- Plans start as low as $5.28 a month for $10,000 of coverage
- 24/7 cyber specialist support for identity theft and cyber extortion
- Easy and effortless customer experience
BEST FOR
- Covering your whole household with one plan
- Anyone looking for a stand-alone cyber insurance policy covering modern digital threats
Additional Details:
- Flexible policies that cover you and up to five households that you share digital accounts with
- Coverage limits from $10,000 upto to $100,000
Blink Cyber Policy Covers:
- Cyber extortion
- Cyber financial fraud
- Deceptive transfer fraud
- Cyber breach of privacy
- Cyber bullying*
- Cyber disruption
- Identity theft
- Electronic data restoration
- Electronic device replacement
Whether or to what extent a particular loss is covered depends on the facts and circumstances of the loss, the terms and conditions of the policy as issued and applicable law.
*All coverages may not be available in all states.
Blink by Chubb is the marketing name used to refer to insurance carrier subsidiaries of Chubb Limited. For a list of the subsidiaries, please visit our website at www.chubb.com . Insurance provided by Executive Risk Indemnity, Inc.
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Nord VPN
Why We Recommend It
- Hide your IP address on public WiFi (like airports or coffee shops) from hackers
- Fast set-up, friendly interface and pleasant user experience
- The browser extension is discrete and can be paused to access VPN-restricted sites
Best for
- Anyone looking for a simple and reliable VPN
- Those seeking a fair price point for the value
Additional Details:
- Batten’s internal team VPN of choice
- The browser extension keeps an exceptionally quiet presence
- Strong use-case descriptions on NordVPN website
“NordVPN brings its A-game with security too. They have a strict “No-Logs” rule that promises not to collect, keep or share your data, as well as masking your IP address, multi-factor authentication, buffering-free live-streaming, and layers upon layers of included protection.”
Yubikey: Secure Login Key
Why We recommend it
- Supported by hundreds of top sites where added security is very valuable.
- Hardware-based 2FA is much more difficult to compromise than alternative methods.
- It only takes a few seconds to register a YubiKey with your personal accounts and favorite digital services.
- Prevent phishing attacks from hijacking your accounts.
Additional Details:
- Simply insert the key and tap it with your finger to access all your accounts
- No user and security information is shared between the services, protecting your privacy
- The physical key requires a human touch and cannot be remotely hacked