Category: Data Security
Reporting Identity Theft Can Pay Dividends
Identity theft is an invasive weed negatively affecting our nation in many ways. With $54 billion in losses each year, the crime of identity theft is adding to our national debt.
Personal Data Spring Cleaning: Tips for Shredding vs Saving
Clearing out the clutter isn’t the only incentive – or concern – when getting rid of old paperwork. Those financial forms could become a potential gold mine for identity thieves.
USB Worthy of a Superhero?
If you were a TV spy, this would be the drive you would be using to hold your secrets. Actually, if you were a real spy, this is the drive you would be using to hold your secrets.
Identity Security At Your Fingertips
More than 42 percent of e-mail users in the U.S. have seen an increase in spam messages over the past year and they are most fearful that spam will lead to viruses and identity theft.
Author Shares Tips for Combating Identity Theft
There are a lot of things that we can do today that we couldn’t do just a few years ago to lessen the risk and impact of this crime. As identity theft has evolved, so has the technology to detect it.
Internet Privacy: A New Frontier
Billions of people have been using the net, surfing the web going on 20 years now. But when it comes to issues of privacy the Internet is still something of a new frontier.
Sound Advice for Protecting Your Mobile Phone
If you lose your phone, or suspect that it’s been stolen, what should you do?
Tips to Prevent Social Media Identity Theft Risk
Today’s communication technology — namely social media — gives us more ways to keep in touch, but it also makes us more vulnerable.
Computer Forensics Offers Opportunity to Serve & Protect
Cyber crime is one of the fastest growing areas of crime in the world.
Protecting Your Business From Disaster
U.S. Small Business Administrator Karen Mills says it would be wise for small businesses to prepare for tomorrow’s disaster today.
John Bordyniuk — NASA’s ‘Go To’ Data Recovery Guy
Today, when research employees discover damage to these tapes and hard drives, they don’t assume that the data are lost forever — they simply call data-recovery expert John Bordynuik.
News Flash: You are What You Tweet (and Facebook, too)
Think of your personal accounts as your own personal brand, and treat them as such.
Consumer Alert: Worthless Anti-Virus Software Ads on the Rise
Ads for worthless anti-virus software are on the increase, and agencies across the globe are trying to bring the scammers to justice.
Has Social Networking Made You a Target?
Social networks are a growing Web destination–and a growing target for cybercriminals.
New Security Device Could Defy PC Hackers
Called InZero, the small device works on an entirely different principle from other security systems.
The Challenges of Protecting Personal Data
Not protecting customer data can lead to fraud liabilities for small businesses and result in lost customer trust.
Tips to Protect & Organize Precious Data
All it takes is a little planning and the commitment to backing up your hard drive regularly.
