IRS Session: Data Breach – You Might Be Next! What to Look Out for & How to Protect Yourself

Tax professionals,

The IRS is seeing an increased number of reported data breaches affecting tax professionals. IRS representatives are hosting 4 educational sessions to help educate tax professionals about warning signs and steps to take to prevent data breaches.

Please help us share this information with other tax professionals. Tax professionals interested in joining can choose a session on two different dates.

Topic: Data Breach – You Might Be Next! What to Look Out for & How to Protect Yourself

• Wednesday, November 19, 2025
• Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Join either day at either of the times listed below:

• Noon ET (11 a.m. CT, 10 a.m. MT, 9 a.m. PT) or
• 3 p.m. ET (2 p.m. CT, 1 p.m. MT, noon PT)

All sessions are 30 minutes long.

There’s no need to register for the briefings. Just join by clicking the link for the Microsoft Teams Meeting. All sessions use the same link.

IRS Speakers:

• Glenn Gizzi, senior tax analyst, Data Breach
• Mark Henderson, information technology specialist, Cybersecurity

Topics include:

• Practitioner Scams: IRS Cybersecurity will describe the most prolific scams that practitioners should watch out for. See sample scams emails and learn about different ways scammers attempt to steal your clients’ information.
• Data Breaches: The IRS Data Breach program lead will describe what happens when you experience a data breach, the next steps involved and the resources available to you such as the Written Information Security Plan (WISP).
• Identity Protection PIN: Learn how you can help yourself and your clients protect federal tax return information.
• How This Affects You: Learn how your local area is affected by scams and data breaches.

Participants will receive helpful links to help themselves and their clients.

Please note: CE/CPE will not be granted for these sessions.

If you have a data breach/scam question, please email StakeholderLiaison@irs.gov in advance of the program.