Defend-ID

What Defend-ID is

Defend-ID is an identity-protection service that searches for threats to personal identities and sends alerts by text and email. Its personal plans combine monitoring with managed recovery: a personal Recovery Advocate takes charge of recovery and stays involved until it is complete. Monitoring features include dark-web, SSN, criminal-data, address-change and credit monitoring, with daily alerts on the listed plans. Gold plans provide one-bureau credit monitoring and expense reimbursement insurance up to $25,000; Platinum plans provide three-bureau monitoring and insurance up to $1,000,000. Family plan descriptions also include children’s public-record monitoring. Gold Individual costs $12.95 a month, Gold Family $15.95 a month, Platinum Individual $16.95 a month, and Platinum Family $21.95 a month. For businesses, defend-id4B offers pre-breach planning, post-breach regulatory response and notification, managed fraud recovery, dark-web monitoring and business-fraud restoration. Its breach-response support includes regulatory experts, access to an AmLaw 100 law firm, a dedicated fraud specialist and no deductibles. Individual and group enrollment is digital, and group sizes range from 3 to over 100k. The service is provided in the United States and territories where U.S. law applies; credit products are for U.S. residents and territories.

Who it suits

Defend-ID may suit individuals or families seeking identity monitoring alongside a managed recovery advocate, particularly those who want credit monitoring and reimbursement insurance. Its defend-id4B services are aimed at small employers seeking breach planning and response support.

Limits

Gold plans include one-bureau credit monitoring and expense reimbursement insurance up to $25,000. Platinum plans provide three-bureau monitoring and insurance up to $1,000,000; family plan descriptions also include children’s public-record monitoring.

Getting started

1. Visit https://www.defend-id.com/.
2. Choose an individual or family plan: Gold or Platinum.
3. Review the monthly price and plan coverage.
4. Enroll through the digital enrollment process.
5. For a group offering, contact Defend-ID about enrollment for groups from 3 to over 100k.

Verdict

Choose Defend-ID if you want identity monitoring paired with a personal recovery advocate, or breach-response services for an organization. Compare the plan details before choosing: Gold has one-bureau monitoring and lower reimbursement coverage than Platinum, and the service is limited to the United States and applicable territories.