A Guide to Protecting your Information and Defending Against Identify Theft

Presented by: Christina Cuffari, Vice President, Advanced Planning, Prudential

Hosted by: Alex Casale, Linda Mastellar & Jason Mincer, Financial Advisors

Every 39 seconds, a cyber-attack occurs*. While some of these are manually-targeted cyber-attacks, most of them are botnets steadfast on shutting down infrastructures and destroying computers and systems of major organizations. Identity theft cost Americans $56 billion** in 2020 with about 49 million consumers falling victim.

Awareness is the best prevention and this course reviews various strategies and tools to both help protect your information and guide you in the right direction to secure your financial future. We will explore the 3 types of cyber-attacks and how they work:
• Espionage
• Ransomware
• Phishing

*Source: http://threatmap.fortiguard.com/
** https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/23/consumers-lost-56-billion-dollars-to-identity-fraud-last-year.html

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