Michael Hartenstein, a 22-year veteran of the U.S. Secret Service, has joined LexisNexis Risk Solutions as director of federal public safety business development. Hartenstein will oversee the development of strategic customer plans and support the creation of service offerings for public safety and law enforcement agencies, LexisNexis Risk Solutions said Thursday.

Michael Breslin, strategic client relations director for federal law enforcement at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, has been selected to serve on the newly established cyber investigations advisory board of the U.S. Secret Service.

A study from LexisNexis Risk Solutions has found that the overall rate of cybersecurity incidents due to human factors declined 33 percent during the first half of the year while bot-driven attacks rose around the world as digital transactions increased over the six-month period.

Jay Sultan, former vice president of health care innovation and strategy at Cognizant, has joined LexisNexis Risk Solutions' health care business as VP of strategy. The two-decade industry veteran will be responsible for developing the unit's overall strategy, innovation, partnerships and market planning functions, LexisNexis Risk Solutions said Monday.

A new LexisNexis Risk Solutions report examined the global cyber threat landscape between July 2019 and December 2019 and found a year-over-year growth rate of 56 percent in attacks targeting mobile transactions compared with a growth rate of 23 percent for desktop attacks.

Haywood Talcove, CEO, Government, LexisNexis Risk Solutions and LexisNexis Special Services, wrote in an opinion piece published Friday that the federal government should collaborate with industry to protect stimulus funds from fraudsters as it works to provide economic relief to U.S. businesses and families during the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the $2T Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.

Matt Harcourt, vice president of strategic alliances at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, recently spoke with Executive Mosaic regarding the partnership process within the industry and federal sectors, as a smaller business.

Christopher Maynard, a former director and branch chief at the Department of Homeland Security, has joined LexisNexis subsidiary Reed Tech as chief information security officer, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Tuesday.  Horsham, Pa.-based Reed Tech aims to help government customers manage data programs with the use of technology.

Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Haywood Talcove, CEO of Government for LexisNexis Risk Solutions, with his first Wash100 Award on Wednesday.

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Haywood “Woody” Talcove, chief executive officer of Government for LexisNexis Risk Solutions, as an inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 Award for his efforts to create innovation technology solutions, advance the public safety’s mission and drive growth for the company.