Free Resources to Protect Your Identity
Four free resources for the work of staying safe online. Lock down your accounts, keep a record of what you have set up, protect your family from current scams, and recover if you have already been hit. No signup. No upsells.
Pick the resource that fits where you are right now
Maybe you are starting from scratch. Or maybe you have already done some of the work and just want a record of where things stand. Some of you are protecting a parent or a teenager. Others are here because identity theft has already happened and you need a plan for the next 24 hours. Whatever brought you here, start with the resource that fits. All four are free and ready to use.
The 30-Step Identity Lockdown Checklist
For anyone who wants to seriously lock down their own identity in about an hour.
A step-by-step interactive checklist that walks you through freezing your credit at all four bureaus, locking your Social Security record, getting your IRS Identity Protection PIN, and protecting your phone number from SIM swap attacks.
- Credit freezes at all 4 bureaus (including ChexSystems)
- Social Security and IRS account lockdown
- SIM swap and carrier PIN protection
- Property title and home deed protection
- Progress saved automatically in your browser
Identity Lockdown Worksheet
For anyone who wants a permanent record of every protection they have set up.
A printable and fillable worksheet to track your credit freezes, government accounts, 2FA setup, family safe word, and emergency contacts in one place. Then the next time you need to lift a freeze or call a fraud line, the answer is on one page instead of buried in old email confirmations.
- Credit freeze tracker for all 5 bureaus
- Government account and 2FA tracker
- Family safe word and children’s freeze log
- Emergency contacts you will need if something goes wrong
- Print version for hand-writing or fillable PDF for typing
The Family Protection Kit
For parents and adult children worried about scams targeting kids and seniors.
A guide to protecting every generation in your family from the scams aimed at them right now. It also includes the exact words to say when a scammer calls, how to spot the gift card text scam, and how to safely set up your elderly parents’ devices.
- Word-for-word scripts for when a scammer calls
- How to stop the gift card and grandparent scams
- Step-by-step guide for protecting elderly parents
- Conversation starters for talking to teens about online safety
- Printable scam alert cards for the fridge
The 24-Hour Identity Theft Response Plan
For anyone who just discovered their identity has been stolen and needs to act now.
A step-by-step plan for the first 24 hours after identity theft. 15 free actions, organized into three time phases. Phase one cuts off the thief’s access in the first hour. After that, you lock down the accounts the thief has not reached yet. Finally, you build the paper trail you will need for the months that follow.
- First-hour actions like fraud alerts, bank calls, and the FTC report
- Credit freezes and account lockdowns for the rest of day one
- How to organize your records and report to the FBI
- Click off each step as you finish, and the page saves your place
- Every emergency phone number you will need in one place
Want the guided platform that does it all?
The Identity Vault platform walks you through every protection step with annotated screenshots, AI-powered Q&A, and a vault document that lives only on your device. And no SSN or financial data is ever stored on our servers.
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