The theme for this week is: protecting yourself and your wallet online. Remember the good old days where your information security was as simple as keeping your file drawer locked and shredding your bank statements. My goodness, do things change!

I probably don’t need to convince you too much of how important it is, yet most of us are pretty lax in our cybersecurity protection practices.

Your odds of being a victim to identity theft is 1 in 15...per year! So the odds that you will get hacked at some point over your lifetime are very high.

A recent study by the Department of Justice found that the average cost of identity theft like unauthorized credit card use and the stealing of your personal information averaged $1,343 per person. But beyond that, there is also the negative impact on your credit scores and the headaches of fixing the problems stemming from stolen information like your social security number.

So this week I’m going to share with you 5 quick and easy ways to help you, your wallet, and your identity stay secure online. These are quick wins that will have a big impact in helping to protect your personal information and online security.

That’s it for today. Thanks for listening!

My name is Ashley Micciche...and this is the One Minute Retirement Tip.

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