Craig Peterson - Secure Your Business, Your Privacy, and Save Your Sanity

Craig Peterson - Secure Your Business, Your Privacy, and Save Your Sanity

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  • TTWCP-878-02 Tech In Polictics Frank Guinta Congress NH1
    www.guinta.house.gov Congressman Frank Guinta is one of the NH Representatives to the United States House of Representatives. He represents the First Congressional District. The U.S. House of Representatives is responsible for creating and passing federal laws. The House is one of Congress’s two chambers (the other is the U.S. Senate) and part of the federal government’s legislative branch. There are 435 members proportionally representing the 50 states. Frank is running for re-election to the US House of Representatives. The Primary election is on Tuesday, September 13. Today we discussed the problem with the abuse of the H1B Visa program by foreigners at the detriment to US trained and STEM educated graduates. We also discussed STEM Education and Tech Employment.
    17 min
  • TTWCP-878-03 Tech In Politics Frank Edelblut Governors Race
    www.frankedelblut.com Frank is running to be the Governor of the State of New Hampshire. The Primary election is on Tuesday, September 13. I asked Frank to come on and discuss some the Tech issues that affect the residents of New Hampshire. We were once only 2nd to Silicon Valley in California for the number of high-tech jobs. There is plenty of high-tech talent here. Frank Edelblut is a New Hampshire business professional and politician serving elected in 2014 representing the people of Hillsborough County District 38. There he is part of three committees; the Finance Committee, Special Committee on Pensions and the Child and Family Law Committee. Additionally, he serves in his town government as the Water Commissioner for the Town of Wilton. Now, a 2016 Republican candidate for Governor of New Hampshire. He is the father of 7. After graduation from college, his career began as an auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) serving as a CPA auditor for a variety of businesses. He then briefly served as CFO for Niagara Corp, a previous PwC client. Then he started his own business, Control Solutions. He sold Control Solutions to Altran in 2009. In 2013 he began his early stage investing company. As we talked, we found many commonalities with our families, friends and business contacts. We talked about Tech Employment in New Hampshire and how to keep our STEM graduates here. We spoke of the strengths of NH Manufacturing and how we are making strides in that area. We briefly discussed the problem with H1B and how it is displacing NH high-tech workers.
    17 min
  • TTWCP-877-04 Phishing and Scamming, Frank Abagnale of Abagnale and Associates

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    www.aarp.org

    You may recognize the name of this guest from the movie called “Catch Me If You Can.”  He wrote the book about his life.  Since then, for four decades he has been advising the FBI on how to outsmart the bad guys and has written three other books. Today he runs Abagnale and Associates where they develop new procedures and create manuals and educational programs utilized by over 14,000 financial institutions, law enforcement agencies and corporations.


    Mr. Abagnale was named AARP Fraud Watch Network Ambassador in 2015.  In that capacity, he launched a “Watch Your Wi-Fi” safety campaign which was created to educate people on the best practices for public Wi-Fi use and how to keep yourself safe when using them.
     

    The AARP has created a free Fraud Watch Network that allows you to beat con artists at their own game by giving you access to the latest scam alerts delivered right to your inbox and tips to prevent and access to expert resources.  You can also download their free e-book, “Protecting Yourself Online for Dummies,” which will help you to bank and shop safely, create the best and most secure passwords, use social media safely and protect yourself from identity theft.

    You can sign up here: https://action.aarp.org/site/SPageNavigator/FWN_Registration_Page.html

    10 min
  • TTWCP-877-05 Keeping You and Your Business Safe from Scams and Frauds

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    Craig wraps up the show on how to not make it easy for scammers and identity thieves to hack into your personal information, as well as your business. He shares some tips on what to do and what not do when you are on a public wifi network, including making sure to have a Virtual Private Network (VPN).

    To receive the best VPN to use, simple text VPN to 855-385-5553.

    10 min

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