A small Virginia credit union has become one of the first in the country to deploy the GUARDED ID anti-keylogging software solution.

Piedmont Credit Union purchased the software - a product of Strikeforce Technologies of Edison, N.J. - from IDTELi LLC, a workforce identity theft awareness and prevention firm in Beaverton, Ore.

The $33 million credit union is using the solution to enhance its own internal data security and is offering the same solution to its members.

IDTELi said the Virginia credit union is one of the first in the country to use the software and made the move after several of its members were affected by the Heartland Payment Systems data breach, which was initiated by keylogging malware.

"While Piedmont's management has since determined that the Heartland data breach was not related to any of Piedmont's internal systems, proactive steps have been taken to prevent a similar event from occurring at its credit union," IDTELi said in its announcement.