Tech Tip: Do You Enter Your PIN When You Use Your Debit Card?
• September 14, 2020

It’s commonplace to pay for a cup of coffee with plastic. How you swipe that plastic, though, makes a big difference in how you are protected from your neighborhood cyberthief. 

Tech Tip: Is This Request Really From the Boss?
• August 31, 2020

A common scam going around requires everyone to be on their toes. Here’s the situation …

Tech Tip: Don’t Just Throw Out That Old Computer
• August 24, 2020

Unprotected e-waste typically contains a lot of confidential and private information in the form of saved passwords, internet history and files left on the retired computer or server.

Tech Tip: The Long-Forgotten Piece of Security for Road Warriors
• August 10, 2020

Do you connect to the office network or VPN (Virtual Private Network) to get some work done in the evenings, on the weekends or when on the road? For many, the answer is yes. 

Tech Tip: Your Copier Is Spying on You
• August 3, 2020

These are the only devices on the network on which the default password is, commonly, never changed. After all, who would want to get in and copy your settings?

Tech Tip: Don’t Send Your Private Information to Anyone!
• July 20, 2020

A secretary gets a message that appears to come from her manager, including having what looks like his actual email address when she looks at it in Outlook …

Tech Tip: Physical Security Matters
• July 13, 2020

If someone dressed up in a utility provider’s uniform, would you let them in? That’s the time to be gracefully suspicious, as they say in the South.

Tech Tip: Why Do I Need a $900 Firewall, and Have to Pay a Subscription Fee?
• July 6, 2020

A firewall looks at all internet traffic attempting to pass through to make sure it’s legitimate, that it’s not a virus and that it was requested from an in-network device; a router does not.

Tech Tip: Lie, Lie, Lie!
• June 29, 2020

People list password challenge and identity verification information publicly (or at least freely) on their Instagram, Twitter and Facebook pages and feeds without giving it a second thought.

Tech Tip: Start With a Fresh Session or Browser Window
• June 22, 2020

Be careful with your information. Web portal sites are filled with ads, and their overhead is paid for with information they get from you.