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Brenna Cleary

Staff Social Media Marketing Manager

Brenna Cleary, a staff social media marketing manager at LifeLock, has spent the past decade working at the nexus of technology and family empowerment. With a background in digital marketing and cybersecurity, she’s dedicated to helping families stay safe in today’s digital world.

Outside of work, Brenna enjoys creating gourmet cheese boards, spending time with her rescue dog Asher, and unwinding with the daily crossword.

Areas of interest and expertise

Scams & Fraud Credit & Finance

Latest articles by Brenna Cleary

A person reviews their finances to avoid falling prey to tax scams.

16 tax and IRS scams and how to spot them

An image of a person mailing a letter at a secure location to help stop scammers from intercepting it.

What can scammers do with your address?

A car salesman shows a woman that she has a good credit score to buy a car.

Auto loans: What is a good credit score to buy a car?

Two young people look at their tax records on a laptop.

How long should you keep your tax records?

Man looking at a pre-approved credit card.

What is a pre-approved credit card?

A couple takes out a home equity loan on their house.

What is a home equity loan and how does it work?

A person reviews their mobile banking settings and resets passwords following an account takeover.

Account takeover attacks (ATO) and prevention tips

A woman pays for a transaction with her smartphone.

A woman and her child sit in front of a laptop computer, learning about Safer Internet Day together.

A woman consulting with an identity theft protection expert.

A woman sits on her couch, looking at her phone as she navigates the aftermath of identity theft.

Technical support person shown answering a customer call.

Person sitting at a desk looking at three screens – laptop, mobile phone, and tablet.

That misdelivered email or letter could come back to bite you

Woman on tablet looking at her social accounts.

What to do if your social media account was hacked

A man doing a Google search of himself on his laptop.

What does a Google search say about you?

Elderly couple learning about the top 5 scams targeting seniors.

Emily Nemchick

Contributing Writer

Emily Lockwood

Staff Content Marketing Manager

Olga Drnek

Contributing Writer

Shashwat Pradhan

Director of Product Management, LifeLock

Maie Crumpton

Contributing Editor

John Csiszar

Contributing Writer

Ellie Farrier

Staff Editor

Oliver Buxton

Staff Editor

Crissy Joshua

Staff Editor

Jeremy Coppock

Staff Editor

Mark Birchall

Staff Editor

Benjamin Gorman

Contributing cybersecurity writer

Ian Bednowitz

General Manager, LifeLock

Anthony Freda

Contributing Writer

Danielle Bodnar

Contributing Writer

Anna Wratislav

Contributing Writer

Deepan Ghimiray

Contributing Writer

Michelle Robins

Contributing editor

Clare Stouffer

Staff Social Media Marketing Manager

Domenic Molinaro

Contributing Writer

Emily Nemchick

Contributing Writer

Emily Lockwood

Staff Content Marketing Manager

Olga Drnek

Contributing Writer

Shashwat Pradhan

Director of Product Management, LifeLock

Maie Crumpton

Contributing Editor

John Csiszar

Contributing Writer

Ellie Farrier

Staff Editor

Oliver Buxton

Staff Editor

Crissy Joshua

Staff Editor

Jeremy Coppock

Staff Editor

Mark Birchall

Staff Editor

Benjamin Gorman

Contributing cybersecurity writer

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