Brad Deflin

Brad Deflin is the Founder of Total Digital Security, a leader in the emerging Managed Cyber-Security as a Service industry. Total Digital Security manages and mitigates all elements of cyber-risk for families, professionals and small to mid-sized businesses, including PCI, HIPAA and other regulated environments.

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An Introduction to VPNs.

Without encryption, you should assume all you do on free WiFi is part of a public conversation. Anyone can watch you enter passwords, communicate with clients and colleagues, shop, bank - all of it is easily monitored and recorded by anyone else...

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Cybersecurity for Life - The Four Fundamentals.

Since 2013, Total Digital Security has been informing and educating individuals and groups about advanced principals and solutions for cyber-self...

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When Cybercrime Became an Existential Threat.

Mark the moment - cybercrime has joined terrorism as one of the two pillars of existential threats in the world. On July 7th, the UK's NCA (think FBI...

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Real Estate Cyber Security

The recent New York Post headline rang "My realtor's email was hacked, and I'm out $2 million dollars!" to subquote an ex-Lehman banker suing his...

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Speaking, Training, and Workshops for Real Estate Sales Professionals.

When we first coined the "democratization of cyber-risk" in 2012, we explained the phenomenon as a top-down process. Cybercrime started at the top:...

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On the SWIFT Breaches.

Unfortunately for its brand, customers, and partners, SWIFT seems to be operating in a sub-optimal “reactive” mode to the series of cyber breaches on...

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