This section includes articles pertaining to Identity Theft Protection
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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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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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
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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Brian Thompson
Open season for Tax Identity Thieves is in full swing. They are ready for you to procrastinate, to hold off on doing your taxes because they are ready to do…
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Brian Thompson
The id theft protection market outlook is anticipated to achieve a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 13.06% during the period of 2020-2028. The "Global Identity Theft Protection Services Market…
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Brian Thompson
According to a recently released report by Risk Based Security (2020 Sees Huge Increase in Records Exposed in Data Breaches), “the volume of publicly disclosed data breaches fell by 48%…
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