Unintentional insider threats often arise from simple oversights such as misconfigured settings or employees inadvertently sharing sensitive information. It’s crucial for organizations to implement regular security training and access controls to minimize these risks and protect against potential data breaches.
Insider Threats: Could That Be You?
IDENTITY THEFT – What it is, How to Prevent it, and What to do if You’re a Victim of it
Are you concerned that your identity might be stolen? In this post, you can find out where you’re most vulnerable, how to protect yourself, and how to deal with suspected identity theft.
Understanding Privacy and Security in the Digital Age
Discover the essential interplay between privacy and security in the digital age with our comprehensive blog post. Learn practical tips for safeguarding your online information and understand the laws and personal steps that reinforce your digital safety.
Smart Home Security Simplified: Easy Steps for Non-Techies
The last post introduced the idea of smart homes. Smart homes are exciting, but security can be a concern. Today, I’ll guide you through straightforward steps to secure your smart home without overwhelming you with technical details. When you’re done reading this piece, you’ll be able to enjoy the benefits of smart devices while keeping your home safe and stress-free. […]
Increase Your Facebook Security: 5 Ways to Be Safe
Embed from Getty Images I love Facebook! I enjoy keeping in touch with people I served in the Army with, far-flung family members, co-workers past and present. Additionally, I’ve found several groups that feed my hobby interests and several that provide professional information. All in all, I find it a useful platform. Unfortunately, wherever there is a good thing going […]
A Better Way to Manage Your Passwords
The Problem: It doesn’t take long to accumulate a mass of passwords throughout the Web. You have one for email, one for each of several (or multitudinous) websites, shopping sites, your bank, retirement accounts, education…how do we remember them all? Unfortunately, our methods for keeping track of our logins and passwords usually entails one of the following: 1. Pick something […]
The Math Behind a Good Password
Embed from Getty Images This post is actually a preface to another one I’m in the middle of right now, on password managers. But I wanted to take a minute and explain why your workplace insists on bizarre passwords, and how you can capitalize on that in your personal life. Why are there password requirements? When you have to change […]
Is Your Heart Bleeding?
What have you heard about the vulnerability called Heartbleed? More than you wanted to? Less than you needed to? Let me unpack it for you, only the part that you need to know, and then I’ll get a little deeper for those who want to stick around for the full meal. Let’s do a Good News/Bad News thing. What […]
Before You Send That Resume…
Before you send that resume, you might want to take a look at your social media profiles, and the stuff you’ve put “out there,” and see what they say about you. While I doubt the validity of requiring your Facebook login ID and password would stand up in any court, employers have ways of checking your online life without it. […]
I’m Completely Safe On a Mac Or Linux
FALSE! Well, you might be safer on a Mac or Linux machine than on an unpatched Windows machine. But just getting a Mac and never taking safety measures, and then clicking on every link that comes into your email and giving your install password to every process that requests it isn’t any safer than running any other Windows machine. Remember Willie […]