How to Freeze Your Credit
Keeping your credit safe from cybercriminals is essential to protect your current finances and future loan applications. One way to enhance credit security is by freezing your credit. Freezing your credit prevents unauthorized personnel from establishing new credit, loans, or services in your name. What Are Credit Freezes? Credit freezes provide protection against identity theft […]
How to Protect Yourself From Financial Scams
Every year, countless victims fall prey to financial scams, and with the internet at everyone’s fingertips, today’s technology makes it easier than ever for criminals to find financial data and connect with unsuspecting targets. Whether you’re looking to recognize, avoid or safeguard against common scams, here’s what you need to know to protect yourself from […]
Free Credit Freeze!
Written by Joel Bengds In 2016, Joe wrote a blog on the importance of a credit freeze and how to freeze your credit at all three credit reporting bureaus, Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. Since that time new legislation was promulgated as part of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act of 2018. There […]
Cyber Security Part Two: What to do with Important Documents
Written by Joel Bengds As a follow up to the security blog we sent out in November, I would like to give the HSC Wealth Advisors response to a few recent client questions and comments. We appreciate feedback on our blogs and if there is a particular topic you would like us to write about […]
Cyber Security Part One: Password Protection
Written by Joel Bengds At HSC Wealth Advisors we have annual initiatives we focus on to make sure we are always pushing ourselves to higher standards and creating a consistent culture among our staff and client experiences. Many of these initiatives are centered around practice management and from time to time they translate into […]