Tech Tip: Don’t Just Close Your Browser


When accessing an online banking site or any other application containing sensitive data, make sure you log out of the site and THEN close your browser. If you simply close your browser, some of the session information that a hacker can use to gain entry is still running in the background.

Alan Edwards, CISM, is chief information officer at Computerware, Inc., in Vienna, Virginia.

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