This week we welcome Adam Levin to the podcast. He is a long-time consumer affairs advocate with more than 40 years of experience, author of the book Swiped and formerly Chairman and founder of CyberScout as well as co-founder of Credit.com. Adam joins us at the apex of the consumer security awareness time of year as holiday shopping, COVID, flu, RSV and many other health concerns run rampant in addition to the many ongoing geopolitical security concerns that are ever present. He shares insights and stories from his more than 40 years on the consumer affairs advocacy frontlines to frame the security challenges each of us face in our daily lives – many of which are seemingly innocuous yet can have disastrous consequences and upend livelihoods. Great best practices tips here for both security pros and non-industry folks to shore up defenses in places we've gotten very familiar in trusting – and they aren't all that trustworthy after all.

Adam Levin, Cybersecurity Advocate

Adam K. Levin is a consumer affairs advocate and serial entrepreneur with more than 40 years of experience. He is a nationally recognized expert on cybersecurity, privacy, identity theft, fraud, and personal finance. At age 27, Levin became the youngest Director in the history of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs — one of the most powerful consumer protection agencies in the U.S. He is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of Michigan School of Law.

As Chairman and founder of CyberScout, Levin built a premier global identity, data protection company, and helped pioneer the cyber insurance business. The organization was acquired in March 2021 by Sontiq, which was soon after acquired by Transunion. Levin was also co-founder of Credit.com, one of the first credit education, information and products and services companies on the Internet focused on consumer credit building. The company was acquired in 2015 by Progrexion.

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