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Course Level :Basic
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Credits :3
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Pre-requisites :None
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Advance Preparation :None
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3 Credits
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The annual global cost of cybercrime is high and getting higher all the time. In fact, cyber criminals reap a windfall from their activities that is estimated to have been $450 billion in 2015 and is anticipated to climb to an annual $6 trillion average by 2021. In the United States alone, the FBI received reports of 467,361 complaints involving $3.5 billion in 2019. Almost all of that cybercrime began with—and continues to start with—a social engineering concept known as “phishing.”
Certain business organizations, among which are those referred to as “financial institutions,” are charged by the FTC with taking particular steps to protect their customers’ financial information. Included in the category of financial institutions are professional tax preparers. Professional tax preparers normally maintain a significant amount of taxpayer information in various files—electronic and paper—that would be a treasure trove for cyber criminals.
In this course, tax preparers are introduced to the problem of cybercrime and its costs, offered methods that can be expected to reduce the chances of becoming a cybercrime victim, and informed of proper steps to take if they do become victims of cybercrime. Accordingly, it will examine cybercrime and will discuss:
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Financial Writer, Editor & Trainer, Winn Publications
Paul J. Winn, CLU, ChFC has over thirty years experience in the life insurance and investment industry. As well as fifteen years as a financial writer, editor, and trainer. Paul has worked for Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, Security Mutual Life Insurance Company, Principal Financial Group, and the Maryland Financial Corporation. Paul is a Published book author, writer & editor of major mutual life insurance company’s agent-training “university”, and the creator of more than 100 training courses in computer-based training, print and scripted classroom formats.
Welcome to my website. I am a writer of training and continuing education courses dealing principally with life insurance, health insurance, annuities and taxation.
I offer my courses and writing services in two ways, enabling clients to take advantage of distinct approaches in developing their continuing education and training libraries. These approaches involve a) licensing existing non-exclusive courses, and b) purchasing original courses written exclusively for their own use.
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3 Credits
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