Great info… and some good advice for parents, families, home owners and business owners as well, that they can use to protect themselves!!

You may not realize it, but job seekers are really susceptible to identity theft. This is due to the fact that they are constantly put in vulnerable positions because they constantly have to submit job applications with valuable personal information filled in. Because job seekers are often desperate to get a job, they tend to overlook some basic principles when it comes to protecting their identities.

Job seekers should be extra vigilant in protecting their identities; here are four tips they can follow in order to keep themselves safe while still following through on job leads.

Many parents will tell me that they don’t allow their precious little Johnny to watch TV or spend too much time on the Internet. They have a similar bone to pick with the juggernaut that is the media, but their approach is a short-sighted, sheltered one. Protecting our kids from media by limiting or restricting exposure will only work for so long. We don’t, unfortunately, live under a rock, and if your kids aren’t watching TV or surfing the Net at home, they’ll eventually find a way to do so. No one can hide from advertisements, violent or hyper-sexualized images, etc.  If children learn from an early age to understand and interpret how the media works, then they’re well on their way to being well-adjusted 21st century adults who can think for themselves.

With the recent cyber security breach at Lockheed Martin earlier this month along with the comments made by the former head of cyber security for the Bush Administration, Richard Clarke, it seems that someone has finally acknowledged the elephant in the room that is America’s less than exemplary cyber security. The comments, stemming from an interview published in the Wallstreet Journal, argued that Chinese government backed hackers are systematically attacking America’s digital infrastructure, planting “digital bombs” and attempting (and succeeding) in gaining access to R&D information as well as control of power grids and cell towers.

Security systems are also in place to monitor which computers you use to log on to the bank site. Whenever you log on to the site from a computer that is not your regular home computer, you are asked to provide additional information. Most banking systems will generate a security question that you answered during account setup… Protect Your Identity | Part I | Part II | | Part III |