Cybersecurity Checkup© for November Toxic Social Media There have been many security breaches’ this year, most recently Experian; and every time we hear of a new breech, people go on the news and talk about how companies are not protecting our data. The big bad company that does not keep our data safe,...
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Cybersecurity Checkup© for October Password Alert This month I want you to take a few minutes to think about your passwords, and why it may be time to not only change them, but to change the way you create them. I have always been adamant about changing our passwords, since the very...
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Cybersecurity Checkup© for September The Talk As children get ready, to return to school, this is a good time to have the talk. The talk concerns the fact that if your children are old enough, trusted enough, and responsible enough to be connected, then they are also smart enough to understand is...
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Cybersecurity Checkup© for August Cyber Threats to Mobile Devices How do you protect your Mobile phone? Do you even think about protecting your mobile phone? Something that is said about computer security people, is you put a smart phone in our hands, and we become dumb. The mobile phone is a mini computer. ...
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Cybersecurity Checkup© for July Targeted Advertising Are you a victim of targeted advertising? When you search for an item, does the item start to follow you on subsequent web pages. It can be frustrating as you start to feel your anonymity disappear. Target advertising has helped websites become and remain viable. Internet advertising...
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Cybersecurity Checkup© for June Connecting with Apps How many mobile applications have you downloaded, on your phone or tablet? When you download a mobile application, do you take the time to read the end user license agreement (EULA) or do you simply hit accept? Are you aware of what those free apps are going...
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Cybersecurity Checkup© for May Back Up! Would you be upset if you lost your pictures, your music, your writing, your presentations, and all of your work? What about personal settings, such as your desktop, background, even browser settings? Making your computer personal, can sometimes takes months, and yet, it can all be lost in...
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Cybersecurity Checkup© for April Spring Cleaning! Yes, April is here, and technically spring, although many of us in the Northeast may still feel the cold, as some of us still have snow, on the ground! None the less, it is time to clean, and I do not mean your house, but your digital life....
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Cybersecurity Checkup© for March Mail An often overlooked item, in our digital life, is good old-fashioned mail. There is a lot of information that you can glean from a person’s mail and if not properly managed, mail can be a great avenue to identity theft. While mail can be challenging, a few steps, which...
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Cybersecurity Checkup© for February February is the perfect time to review your credit report. The holiday shopping and gift giving can last into the first week of January, which means returns for gifts bought on a credit card and returned for a refund, will not necessarily show up on your January credit card...
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