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.

// 01 — LICENSED AND CERTIFIED

status: verified

Protective Intelligence Officer

Bureau of Security and Investigative Services — State of California

Issued Mar 2026 · valid through Apr 2030

status: verified

CompTIA A+ ce

CompTIA

Issued Sep 2025 · valid through Sep 2028

status: verified

ICS-100 Incident Command System

FEMA

Issued Jun 2026

status: verified

Cybersecurity for Executives

Business Agility Tune Up

Issued Oct 2023

status: verified

Claude 101

Anthropic

Issued Jun 2026

// 02 — PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

status: verified

International Member

ASIS International

Since Mar 2026

status: verified

Member

American Bar Association

Since Mar 2026

status: verified

Member

National Society of Leadership and Success

Since Feb 2026

// 03 — EDUCATION

status: verified

BS, Cybersecurity and Information Assurance

Western Governors University

status: verified

Cyber Security Specialist

Barstow Community College

status: verified

AS, Computer Business Information Systems

Barstow Community College

2023

// 04 — GOVERNMENT SERVICE CLASSIFICATIONS

State of California civil service classifications held.

status: verified

Information Technology Specialist I

State of California

status: verified

Information Technology Associate

State of California

status: verified

Associate Governmental Program Analyst

State of California

status: verified

Staff Services Analyst

State of California

status: verified

Field Support Technician, Election Operations

LA County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk

2024

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