Information Security Management Specialists - the idBUSINESS Team

Scott Brooks
CEO
With over 20 years of experience in the mortgage and financial sectors, Scott Brooks understands the needs of businesses of all sizes. Scott's vision and early understanding of the changing information security landscape led to the creation of idBUSINESS with our partners at Net Reaction and ID Experts. A native of the Detroit area and graduate of Michigan State University, Scott now resides in Denver with his wife and two young children.

Scott Sax
President
Scott Sax's entrepreneurial spirit and work ethic drive the mission and operations of idBUSINESS. As an executive in the mortgage industry, Scott saw the negative impacts of identity theft on homeowners unable to secure funding, and became driven by the need to build a best-in-breed solution - not just for the individual customers, but for the business owners whose profits are endangered by that theft. A native of Atlanta, Scott graduated from Georgia Tech, and now resides in Denver with his wife and three daughters.

Bryan Thornton, CISSP, enCE, Director of Information Security Planning Information security expert Bryan Thornton and his team at Net Reaction bring unparalleled forensic expertise to idBUSINESS. Bryan led the Enron Task Force, developed Microsoft's information security policy, and has been deployed on operations in Bosnia, the Middle East, Haiti, and around the world by the United Nations and the US Government over the past decade. He has also worked with 29 of the nation's 50 largest law firms, and today is called on to provide forensic analysis or expert testimony of data breaches and information crimes. Throughout it all, Bryan keeps an eye on common lessons that small business can use from high-profile data breaches, and is continually improving and updating the idBUSINESS platform.

ID Experts
Recovery Providers
As the company tasked with handling identity recovery for victims of Hurricane Katrina, the Veterans' Administration, and countless private cases for the Fortune 500, ID Experts is simply the best in its class.
Using a limited power of attorney, ID Experts recovery advocates handle all of the work to restore a breached or stolen identity to pre- event status, and has a 100% success rate with over 3 million cases.
Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon, ID Experts provides individual and blanket recovery services as part of the idBUSINESS program.

Steven Lane
Executive VP, Marketing
Steven Lane brings 15 years of marketing & advertising experience to the team. His career includes brand-building across a wide range of products, including NAPA Auto Parts, SunTrust Banks, AT&T, and Comcast. Steven has expertise in business-to-business marketing, new media, and brand planning, and his work has been recognized nationally for both creative excellence and marketing results. Born and raised near Cooperstown, New York, Steven graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania in 1995. Today, he lives in Atlanta with his wife and 2 dogs.

Derek Rigsby
VP, Product Development
Derek is the driving force behind optimizing our product portfolio and ensuring customer satisfaction with the idBUSINESS platform. Derek is a student of information security and identity theft, and is always up to date on the latest breach. Derek also has extensive financial services, retail, and mortgage experience, allowing him to understand ground-level issues facing small business owners and employees. A native of Missouri, Derek graduated from the University of Missouri. He and his wife now make their home in Denver.

Mike Lewis
Director of Advertising
Mike Lewis' pioneering creative work and strategic vision have launched brands including Electronic Arts and UbiSoft, and now he brings his unparalleled creativity to our team. Over his 2-decade career in advertising and marketing, Mike's counsel has benefitted companies including Google, Microsoft, and Mercedes-Benz. He is an internationally recognized expert on youth marketing, and applies this understanding of "what's next" to help us stay a step ahead. Mike has been recognized with numerous awards, including Adweek's Guerrilla Marketer of the Year in 1998. A graduate of Atlanta's prestigious Portfolio Center, Mike lives in Atlanta with his wife and two children.