(FREE!) Something Smells Phishy: Cyber Security Is a Credit Problem

Carl Davidson has been associated with NACM for over 20 years, participating in Industry credit groups, CFDD, and attending Credit Congress annually. He is currently the Director of Credit & Collections for Blue Water industries LLC, an aggregate producer in the South Eastern United States. He has worked for Blue Water since the company was formed in 2018. Carl has 25 years in construction credit pertaining to all aspects of residential, industrial, commercial, private, public, and federal projects. His responsibilities include analyzing credit exposure for new and existing accounts, managing collections, working with the sales team to manage credit risk, as well as working with counsel to resolve delinquent accounts.

Brett M Hanft, CBA, Credit Manager at American International Forest Products, LLC, has 35 years of credit experience; the past 25 years in the lumber industry. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business/Economics from Willamette University in 1988. Brett received his Credit Business Associate (CBA) designation in 1991. He has been an active and participative member in NACM and CFDD for more than three decades. In 2021, Brett received the CFDD National Spirit Award and the NACM National Emerging Leader Award. Brett is currently serving on the NACM National Board as a Director and is an active member of the Executive Committee on the CFDD National Board. Brett firmly believes in ‘paying it forward’ by sharing his knowledge and experience with others in the credit profession. He has completed 14 years of service on the CFDD National Board and is a CFDD Past National Chairman.

Ian Benney, a Technical Special Agent (TSA), is currently assigned to the U.S. Secret Service’s Las Vegas Field Office. In this role, he actively engages in cyber investigations and digital forensics, along with handling protection assignments. TSA Benney has played a crucial role in various protection assignments especially overseeing Critical Systems cyber security measures for the President, Vice President, and foreign dignitaries.

TSA Benney graduated from Kansas State University in 1993 with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. He earned a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, in 2003 and obtained a Cyber Security Certificate from the University of Louisville in 2023. After serving as a State Trooper with the Kansas Highway Patrol, he transitioned to the U.S. Secret Service. Throughout his career with the Secret Service, he has held diverse roles, including assignments at the Kansas City Field Office, Criminal Investigative Division, Dignitary Protective Division, Vice Presidential Protective Division, Washington Field Office, Louisville Field Office, and currently, the Las Vegas Field Office. Additionally, he worked internationally as an Assistant Attaché with the U.S. Consulate in Frankfurt, Germany.

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