Do you log out of your online banking and close your Browser?
When accessing a banking site online or any other application containing sensitive data, make sure you log out of the site and then close your browser. If you simply close […]
How Confident are you in your Incident Response Plan?
An incident response plan is an organized approach to addressing the aftermath of a security breach, ransomware event or cyber-attack. Certain industries, like medical or financial institutions, require them. But […]
How Confident are you about your PCI and Other Compliance?
If you handle, process or store credit cards in any manner, you are required to comply with PCI DSS, or Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards. This is a set […]
Is your Guest Wifi Secure? When did you check your Wifi Security?
If you have people who visit your office or home, make sure you have a guest WiFi access for them that is separated from your main WiFi access. If you […]
Oh No! Did you click on that link?? What to do now?
No matter how diligent you are about security, there’s always a chance you can get fooled into clicking a malicious link or opening an untrusted document. That’s why you need […]
Do you know how to correctly react to ransom emails?
Think fast: what’s the first thing you do after realizing you just replied to the e-mail from the Nigerian prince wanting to give you a sum of $34 million? Okay, […]
Who are your staff giving access to?
A secretary unknowingly gave a con artist access to her law firm’s server room when a total stranger showed up in a Comcast Cable shirt and said he was there […]
How can you tell who an email is coming from?
Here’s a common scam: you get an e-mail from the boss (or your spouse, parents or other trusted person) asking you to send them a copy of employee pay stubs, […]
Do you access bank accounts from a family PC?
When doing online banking, don’t access your banking accounts or any of your work accounts from the computers that your kids or general family members use. I understand that when […]
How are you disposing of your old hard drives?
Getting rid of old computers or servers? Did you know that the components used in technology equipment are not landfill-safe? On top of the environmental hazards, unprotected e-waste typically contains […]
