Digital Safety Playbook
Brent GiffordDigital Safety Playbook is a practical newsletter that helps you protect your accounts, money, and identity with simple weekly checklists. No paranoia. No jargon. Just clear steps and real-world examples you can use in 10–20 minutes.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 17 | Founded | 5 months ago | Last Issue | 6 days ago |
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His Inbox Had 12 Years of Old Accounts He’d Forgotten. One of Them Got Him Hacked.
How to clean out the forgotten accounts hiding in your email — and close the side doors you don’t even remember leaving open.
DIGITAL SAFETY PLAYBOOK #11 · FREE POST · WEEK 11 (Jul 20, 2026)
She Bought From a Website That Looked Completely Real. Her Card Was Charged 23 More Times.
How to spot a fake store — and the one payment habit that limits your exposure to almost nothing.
Carol’s story is a composite — a fictional name and scenario built from the real online-shopping fraud cases I’ve seen play out again and aga...
His Laptop Was Stolen From His Car. Everything He’d Ever Logged Into Went With It.
The 5 device settings that protect everything if your phone or laptop ever disappears.
David’s story is a composite — a fictional name and scenario built from the real device-theft cases I’ve seen play out again and again. The details are...
The Identity Protection System
The complete, plain-English system to lock down your identity, catch trouble early, and recover fast if it ever happens.
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Her Identity Was Stolen While She Was Asleep. Here’s Exactly How.
The free credit freeze that stops most identity theft — and takes 10 minutes to set up.
Linda’s story is a composite — a fictional name and scenario built from the real identity-theft cases I have seen play out thousands of times. The deta...
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Brent Gifford is a CIO/CISO executive with 30+ years leading digital transformation, cybersecurity, and risk. I write for leaders navigating AI, trust, and scale—turning complexity into clarity and strategy into execution.
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