About the Author

John Sileo's identity was stolen from his small business and used to commit a series of crimes, including $300,000 worth of digital embezzlement. While the data thief operated behind the safety of John's identity, John and his business were held legally and financially responsible for the felonies committed. Ultimately, the data breach destroyed John's business and consumed two years of his life as he fought to stay out of jail. Then he chose to fight back and speak out.

Emerging from this crisis, John became America's leading professional speaker on information survival, including identity theft prevention, data security, and safe social networking. His experiences as victim and victor led him to write the critically acclaimed, award-winning book, Stolen Lives: Identity Theft Prevention Made Simple (Da Vinci Publications, 2005), which was selected as the number-one Business Book at the EVVY Awards. Since the day he was wrongly accused, John has been on a mission to educate businesses and individuals to take back control of their data privacy before it's too late.

John's satisfied clients include the Department of Defense, the Federal Trade Commission, the FDIC, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Pfizer, the Federal Reserve Bank, Lincoln Financial Group, AARP, Prudential, Liberty Mutual, and scores of financial institutions, universities, and associations around the world. As a lifetime entrepreneur, John loves speaking to small businesses about achieving entrepreneurial prosperity. ...

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