Welcome to another episode of the Main Street Business Podcast where I have the honor and the pleasure of interviewing Rick Jordan,

a leading authority and cybersecurity and digital protection. As a consultant to the White House and the founder of Reach Out Technology,

Rick has dedicated his career to safeguarding Americans and business owners against cybercrime.

Rick also has a bestselling book, two compelling documentaries, a national

speaking platform, and a top-rated podcast all in. Join us as we dive into the world of cybersecurity

with Rick Jordan. Well, Rick, thanks for being here. It is an honor, and I know my guests are

going to benefit from this. I'm taking notes myself. Excited to have you here. Awesome. What honor, and I know my guests are going to benefit from this. I'm taking

notes myself. Excited to have you here. Awesome. What's shaking. I'm very grateful to be here.

This is going to be a good combo today. Well, people don't realize how valuable your information.

I mean, I'm a tax guy. I'm saving bunny, protecting assets, but dude, you're on the front line.

Cybersecurity, so cool. Yeah, it's, as we were

talking backstage, you're even talking about enrolled agents. You know, that's something

that I know coming up here soon. This is like the grace year I see for enrolled agents,

because now I believe it's, I can't remember the form, but there's a self-certification that

you have specific cybersecurity controls in place for enrolled

agents.

The form escapes me. I was just talking about this with my team the other day. As an enrolled agent, now you have to self-certify that you have specific cybersecurity metrics that are in place every single year. Because there's a form, correct me if I'm wrong, there's a form you file with the IRS every single year as an enrolled agent. And now it's going to be a little checkbox that says, yes, I'm protected.

Well, we've got to talk because I'm talking to hundreds, if not thousands of enrolled agents on a regular basis who want to be on the cutting edge. And we're going to have to talk about that. Well, one of my first questions, if I made, just as we get going here, is how did you get into cybersecurity?

Like, what was your background? And how did you get led to this? You're passionate about it. We love what you're doing in that area. How did that happen? Well, it goes back to when I was a teenager and I wanted to be a cop, for real. That was kind of the route I was going to take as a career choice. It's funny, I was on somebody else's show the other day and they're like, well, you had that cop vibe to you.

I'm like, what is it?

Like, is it the hair or something?

They're like, yeah, it's kind of the hair.

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