As we add more mobile and portable devices to our digital collection, cybersecurity for mobile devices becomes more important. Smartphones, tablets, wearable tech, and ultra-portable laptops are certainly convenient and easy to carry, but that makes them easy for a thief to carry off. When these devices are stolen, you lose much more than the hardware. Every bit of information on the device is up for grabs too, from contact lists, personal information, mobile ...
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The National Institute for Standards and Technology is working on new password guidelines which will be mandated for government sector users, and strongly recommended for businesses as well. Still in draft from, the standards can be found on the document
Another out of cycle post, this one directed to anyone who is running balloting operations for the upcoming elections. I make jokes all the time about our next president being elected by the
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When you lose your login credentials to an online account, it can be devastating. Depending on what was compromised and what was lost, you may have an expensive and time-consuming task on your hands. So the bad guys took your user ID and password, or some other personal information. Was it worth it? There is an active resale market for this information, and ...
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We have been recommending Windows Defender as an acceptable anti-malware program. What we like about it is that it comes baked into the Windows 10 operating system, and gets its malware definitions updates with the other Windows security and feature updates that users are already receiving. And it is free. Plus it keeps your system a little less cluttered than adding a third party anti-malware product.
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