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Archive for November, 2016

IT Security Tip #9: If you installed it, you must update it!

There are thousands of hackers and very successful criminal business people who get up every morning with ONE goal in mind: to find a new vulnerability in a commonly installed software (like Adobe Flash, Shockwave, QuickTime, Java, or many others) ...

IT Security Tip #8: Its never OK to lie…except maybe for this!

IT Security Tip #8: Its never OK to lie, except maybe for this… Under no other circumstance would I ever, ever tell you or anyone to lie. But this is a slight twist to help protect you from being manipulated ...

IT Security Tip #7: IT Security Tip #7: Never use PERSONAL devices to connect to COMPANY data across VPNs…

(What’s a VPN you say? This may not affect you today, but it will one day…read on…) You’re a hard working team player who likes to check e-mail and get a few things done after hours – all good! But ...

IT Security Tip #6: Bookmark the LEGITIMATE websites you frequently visit

Here’s a sneaky trick used by many hackers: they purchase and set up a fraudulent website that is a close misspelling of a legitimate one. Example: www.faceboook.com instead of www.facebook.com (notice the 3 o’s?!). All you have to do is ...