Why You Need an Estate Plan for Your Digital Assets
According to the Pew Research Center, 87 percent of Americans use the Internet. This means most of us maintain at least some personal and financial information online. We pay bills online, keep contact records digitally,
Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness: What You Should Know
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLFP) began in 2007 with a simple idea: forgive the student loans of borrowers employed in crucial but often low-paying government or nonprofit positions after they make timely payments
5 Ways to Spot a Phishing E-Mail
Did you know that phishing (i.e., scam) e-mails account for about 91 percent of all cyberattacks? In other words, nearly every cybersecurity issue you could think of—from viruses, to ransomware, to full-blown data breaches—starts with users accidentally
What to Ask When Your Adult Child Moves Home
Facing heavy college debt burdens and an unpredictable job market, many young adults today are returning home to live with their parents. In fact, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, more
To Pay or Not to Pay: How to Survive a Ransomware Attack
Imagine this: You open an e-mail that seems to come from Google, prompting you to click a link to reset your password. But when you click, a mysterious .exe file downloads and launches. Slowly, all
Financial New Year’s Resolutions: Using Tech to Stay on Track
The New Year is symbolic in many respects. It gives you a chance to start fresh and set some goals that can improve your life in ways large and small. But if you’re like many
Year-End Financial Planning Checklist
As 2016 draws to a close, it’s time to begin organizing your finances for the New Year. To help you get started, we’ve put together a list of key planning topics to consider. Savings and
Estate Planning: It’s for Everyone
If you’re like many people, you’ve thought about making an estate plan, but you just never get around to doing it. Perhaps you’re too busy, or maybe you’d rather avoid considering what will happen in
Deleting Sensitive Information? Don’t Rely on Your Recycle Bin
Computer forensic experts are a lot like paleontologists—the scientists who study the life of past geological periods. Paleontologists have never unearthed a full dinosaur skeleton. But, by examining just a small sample of scattered bones,