Inside Cyber Wellness

We're under the largest fraud attack the U.S. has ever had. Cybercriminals have scammed U.S. workers out of $89 billion in fraudulent unemployment claims and the number keeps growing. We are going to tackle this timely topic with leading expert Bob Austin. As the VP of Unemployment Claims Management at the largest privately held service provider of unemployment cost control, employment verification, and tax credit services - Thomas and Company. Bob brings his expertise from over 30 years in this space to discuss tough questions around the impacts of unemployment fraud on individual taxpayers and companies.

With technology readily accessible, cyberbullies are using digital technologies to their advantage to bring harm online. Tina Meier, the founder and executive director of the Megan Meier Foundation and an internationally recognized speaker, joins us to tell her personal story on cyberbullying, internet safety, and prevention.Today’s podcast includes personal information and content on suicide, which may be triggering to survivors or those impacted by suicide or cyberbullying. Please listen at your own discretion, and if you or someone you may know is struggling, please seek help.  

There is a balance between technology companies constantly evolving to keep up with user expectations to the imperative around cybersecurity risk and keeping information secure. David Lee joins us to talk about usability, technology, and how tech companies often struggle with this balance and sometimes unintentionally exposing themselves to cybercrime.

With increased numbers of employees working from home, the lines between work and personal lives are blurred. And with cybersecurity risks reaching record numbers, employers looking at remote workforces as long-term solutions must adapt. In this episode, Amy Hollis, owner of Hollis Consulting and an industry expert in the Voluntary Benefits space, offers advice on how companies can best protect themselves and their employees from cybercrime.

According to CODE42, employees are 85% more likely to leak corporate files now than they were prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is coming at a huge cost for organizations, with the Identity Theft Resource Center reporting a spike in ransomware and phishing attacks in 2020. So, when a cyber event that exposes data is due to employee negligence, who's ultimately responsible? We invited Ryan Cloutier, Principal Security Consultant at SecurityStudio, onto the show to discuss accountability in cybersecurity and remind us that -- in the end -- we all have our part to play to make the world cybersecure.

With unemployment nearing record highs thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, Global Privacy & Cyber Risk Consultant Tim Smit of Lockton Companies joins the show to discuss the digital risks inherent to a job search. Tim explains the threats employers face during both recruitment and off boarding in a time when corporate breaches have devastated companies big and small and educates individuals on how to protect their sensitive information in the application process.

Learn more about what to expect in this exciting new series co-hosted by tech insiders Meghan Solomon and David Seifert.