Oct 17, 2018
"Smishing is a funny term to describe a very serious problem that's going to be more and more prevalent"
Rod Griffin is Director of Public Education at Experian, a leading credit reporting agency which aggregates information on over 1 billion individuals and businesses around the world. Speaking from the company's head office in Texas, Rod tells AICPA & CIMA's Orlando-based Samantha Delgado about how people can protect themselves against fraud and identity-theft and disrupt them right back.
OUR GUEST:
Rod Griffin leads Experian's US education initiatives and oversees their financial literacy grant programme. Catch up with his blog on the Experian website.
WE DISCUSS:
- "smishing", "vishing" and "phishing".
- the most common types of scams.
- how fraudsters work.
- how they steal information.
- what to watch out for.
- how to defend against scams.
- basic, practical ways to protect yourself and your business against potentially fraudulent activity.
RESOURCES:
- Skill up with our AICPA COSO Enterprise Risk-Management Certificate Programme.
- See Experian's Fraud and Credit Education portal.
- In London later this year? Come along to our AICPA & CIMA CyberSecurity Europe conference on the 11th and 12th December.
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