Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Protecting yourself from potential calamity. Cybercrime affects both large corporations and private individuals. You’ve likely read about the large data breaches in the business world. These crimes are both expensive and on the rise. The U.S. Identity Theft Resource Center says that these corporate data breaches reached a peak of 1,632 in 2017. The response to the growing need for data protection has been swift and powerful; venture capitalists have invested $5.3 billion into cybersecurity firms.1 That’s good news for [...]

By |2019-11-21T14:07:08-05:00November 21st, 2019|Cybersecurity, Personal Finance|Comments Off on Cybersecurity

Guarding Against Identity Theft

Guarding Against Identity Theft Take steps so criminals won’t take vital information from you. America is enduring a data breach epidemic. The latest annual study of the problem from Javelin Strategy & Research, a leading financial analytics research firm, says that 16.7 million people across the nation were impacted by I.D. theft in 2017 – an all-time high.1 The problem is getting worse – much worse. Last year, 30% of U.S. consumers were alerted about data breaches by firms holding [...]

By |2018-11-02T13:45:46-04:00October 30th, 2018|Cybersecurity, Personal Finance|Comments Off on Guarding Against Identity Theft

Financial Fraudsters Preying on Boomers & Elders

Financial Fraudsters Preying on Boomers & Elders If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. If you are in or near retirement, it is a safe bet that you would like more yield from your investments rather than less. That truth sometimes leads liars, scammers, and fraudsters to pitch any number of too-good-to-be-true “investment opportunities” to retirees. Given all that and the classic money scams perpetrated on elders, you have good reason to be financially skeptical as [...]

By |2018-10-02T12:00:55-04:00September 20th, 2018|Cybersecurity, Financial Fitness|Comments Off on Financial Fraudsters Preying on Boomers & Elders

Guarding Against Identity Theft

Guarding Against Identity Theft Take steps so criminals won’t take vital information from you.    America is enduring a data breach epidemic. The latest annual study of the problem from Javelin Strategy & Research, a leading financial analytics research firm, says that 16.7 million people across the nation were impacted by I.D. theft in 2017 – an all-time high.1 The problem is getting worse – much worse. Last year, 30% of U.S. consumers were alerted about data breaches by firms [...]

By |2018-08-09T14:56:11-04:00July 31st, 2018|Cybersecurity, Financial Fitness|Comments Off on Guarding Against Identity Theft

Protect Dead Relatives from ID Theft

Good information from Bottom Line Personal's interview with Adam Levin, JD: Protect Dead Relatives from ID Theft Don’t assume that the risk of having your identity stolen lasts only as long as you are alive. More than two million dead Americans become victims of identity theft each year. To an identity thief, the recently deceased are ideal targets. Unlike the living, the dead never notice that they are being victimized and don’t take steps to stop these crimes. There is [...]

By |2017-12-01T14:09:48-05:00November 29th, 2017|Cybersecurity, Financial Fitness, Personal Finance|Comments Off on Protect Dead Relatives from ID Theft
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