To somehow secure your data is one of the most important aspects of running a business on the Internet. May that be data on your personal computer or on your host server. There are multiple ways to protect your data.
17 states and the DC have banned texting while driving
Wed Aug 26, 2009 | | Posted in Data Security
Texting is wildly popular. The number of monthly text messages has increased more than tenfold in the past three years to 110.4 billion in December 2008, up from 9.8 billion in December 2005, more than a ten-fold, according to the wireless industry trade organization CTIA. Texting while driving is unsafe. Not only are a driver’s … Continue Reading »
Who says only the living are susceptible to identity theft
Sun Aug 9, 2009 | | Posted in Data Security
I thought when people are dead, they are gone – no more. nada, zilch. The problem is they leave a whole history of their lives behind, especially their financial history. When people die, it seems that a vacuum gets created and who fills up that vacuum? The grave diggers – not to be confused with … Continue Reading »
One click to clean, fix, optimize your computer
Mon Jul 6, 2009 | | Posted in Data Security
No matter how careful you are, when you surf the Internet, you bump into websites that do some undesirable things to your computer and the data sitting on it without your parental consent. Sometimes, they are in the form of R-rated and X-rated websites or just plain simple viruses and spywares and what not. Someone … Continue Reading »
Beware and be warned about Phishing scams
Tue Jun 30, 2009 | | Posted in Data Security
Chances are you have heard of Phishing. If not, Wikipedia has excellent definition of it. Read it and understand it. Protect yourself from Phishing scams Phishing is the mass e-mailing of messages that falsely claim to come from a legitimate business. These messages often provide links to phony Web sites, where you are asked to … Continue Reading »
Secure your home computer data
Mon Jun 29, 2009 | | Posted in Data Security
Many more folks are increasingly surfing the Internet with high speed connection. That means you are always connected. That, in turn, means you are vulnerable to outside attack from all directions. Your computer and the data on it is not safe unless you take precautions of different sorts to make it relatively safe. Get the … Continue Reading »
You better be who you say you are
Thu Jun 25, 2009 | | Posted in Data Security
Are you who you say you are? You better be unless others say they are who you say you are. Did I say that right? Just like a credit score, there is a new score that has come to surface over the last couple of years. It’s called ID score. When you say “Put it … Continue Reading »
Does it make sense to pay for ID theft protection?
Fri Jun 12, 2009 | | Posted in Data Security
With the freely use of technology in every walk of life, we frequently connect to the rest of the world via the great Internet. That has created a huge market for ID theft online and consequently offline as well. What do you have to do to protect yourself and can you really protect your identity … Continue Reading »
Tips To Protect Identity ON-and-OFF Line
Tue May 26, 2009 | | Posted in Data Security
Perhaps you can. Maybe not completely though. The anacondas of the world are swimming in the swamps of consumers misery and anxiety and they are getting smarter and smarter almost on a daily basis. They always have. Our God-given characteristics of being so gullible and so thirsty for money and comfort will always be with … Continue Reading »
Beware Your Cell Phone Can Be Cloned
Thu May 7, 2009 | | Posted in Data Security
We have heard that a sheep was cloned in United Kingdom a few years ago, at least that’s what was claimed at the time. Former President George W. Bush banned stem-cell research with Government money. One of the arguments in favor of banning was that it might lead to human cloning. If cloning of a … Continue Reading »
Tips How To Prevent Identity Theft ONLine
Tue May 5, 2009 | | Posted in Data Security
There are many different ways your personal information can be stolen electronically. Protect yourself online with the following tips: Password Protection Never share your passwords or PINs with anyone. Never write your passwords down where they could be easily found by others. When creating passwords, don’t use information that could be easily linked to you … Continue Reading »
