ING DIRECT Offers Increased Consumer Protection Free

June 6th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under • by tisha

Consumers have enough to worry about with the economy and making ends meet, the last thing they need is to worry about invasion of privacy and the damaging effects of identity theft. ING DIRECT, the nation’s largest direct bank dedicated to inspiring Americans to become savers, has been recently ranked as America’s “safest bank”. In an effort to stay progressive with safety issues, ING DIRECT has partnered with Trusteer, Inc., a leading consumer fraud protection company. Together, they have introduced Rapport, Trusteer’s consumer theft protection software.

Rapport is a “next generation consumer desktop security solution”, which is used to protect consumers from both online identirty theft and malware threats, including phishing, pharming, man-in-the-middle attacks, keyloggers, man-in-the-browser attacks, screen-scrapers, and session hijacking. Through ING DIRECT, the Rapport software is offered free and can be downloaded directly from the ING DIRECT website.

The Rapport software has been designed to compliment existing desktop security products, even when a computer is already infected by malware threats. The software essentially creates a secure pipeline for he information exchanged between customers and ING DIRECT’s website. The software prevents all information from being stolen, prevents fraudulent transactions from being made, and can protect consumers from entering personal information into look-alike websites.

Chief Information Officer of ING DIRECT, Rudy Wolf states “We work very hard to ensure the costumer information and savings are secure. Our strategy of adding and changing security layers with minimal customer impact is critical.”

The CEO of Trusteer, Mickey Boodaei adds “ING DIRECT is taking a leadership role in addressing the need for additional layers of desktop security software, such as anti-virus, anti-spyware, and desktop firewalls, to protect consumers from sophisticated attacks aimed at online banking users.”

ING DIRECT offers many other services and high-value products including the Orange Savings Account, Electric Orange, Orange CD’s, and the Orange Mortgage programs for consumers nationwide.

For more information about Trusteer, Inc, you can visit the Trusteer website to learn more about their services for online business security