Brian Thompson
The Realities of Identity theft include Emotional Loss, Psychological Pain, Helplessness, Anger, Isolation, and Betrayal. The Aite Group (a financial services research firm) released a March 2021 report highlighting how Identity…
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Brian Thompson
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released 2021's 'Dirty Dozen' tax scams list. The list comes with a warning for taxpayers, tax professionals, and financial institutions... Be on the lookout…
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Brian Thompson
Reality...no company can prevent a breach! Earlier this month I was a guest speaker at the 2021 Nebraska Credit Union League Annual Meeting & Convention. One of my talking points…
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Brian Thompson
The danger of complacency makes hackers successful at phishing and ransomware. The recent Colonial Pipeline cyberattack forced Colonial to shut down the pipeline. The shutdown created widespread fuel shortages in…
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Brian Thompson
Most of you have heard of it, but what is a credit score? The most widely used scoring model in the United States and Canada is the FICO credit score.…
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Brian Thompson
Each year your businesses struggle with rising cases of identity theft and it's affecting everything. ID Theft can be detrimental to your employees, productivity, your reputation, revenue, and profit. You…
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Brian Thompson
In August 2014, I wrote an article for the Arizona Republic titled Synthetic Identity Fraud Emerges As Growing Threat. In the article, I pointed to the fact that synthetic ID Theft…
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Brian Thompson
Are you taking advantage of the opportunity by offering ID Theft Protection for your Clients and their employees? Your clients are relying on you to provide the most comprehensive, relevant,…
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Brian Thompson
Last November I wrote an article titled The Cyber Threat Landscape Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better. I wrote that article based on how information security and governance experts were…
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Brian Thompson
The Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced in its annual report that they “uncovered $2.3 billion in tax fraud during the 2020 fiscal year”. (IRS Releases…
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