Brian Thompson
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, and VPNs During Covid have proved their worth! In the middle of a global pandemic that upended everyone’s…
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Brian Thompson
Parenting kids is hard enough, parenting kids with social media is another thing... Without clear guidance from us as parents, and education on the consequences of oversharing, our kids can…
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Brian Thompson
Consumer behavior can help reduce the hacker threat we are all facing. With education and awareness, we can not only protect ourselves but the companies we work with and for.…
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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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