US romance scam losses topped $1.14B in a single year (FTC)Total US cybercrime losses hit $16.6B (FBI IC3 2024)Average cost of a data breach: $4.4M (IBM)Roughly 3 in 4 breaches involve the human element (Verizon DBIR)Median romance scam loss: $2,000 per victim (FTC)Business email compromise remains the costliest attack category (FBI IC3)Older adults report the highest total fraud losses (FBI IC3)Most account takeovers start with a reused passwordPhishing is still the number one initial access vectorFeelings meet technology.

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Certifications & achievements.

Earned credentials and recognized partnerships — proof of practice, not a wall of decoration.

status: verified

Cisco Certified Ethical Hacker

Cisco

2024

status: verified

Google Career Certificate — Partner

Google

2024

status: verified

Grow with Google — Partner

Google

2024

status: verified

Cisco Networking Academy — Instructor Partner

Cisco

2023

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