In my blog post, Protect Yourself While Shopping Online, I shared how to protect yourself as a consumer. Now, let’s talk about protecting your customers and yourself as a business owner. If you have any kind of online store where…
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Category: Business, Commercial, Liability, Prevention, Technology
Tags: business, business owner, commercial cyber, computer, computer attack, cyber crime, cyber extortion, cyber insurance, cyber insurance coverage, cyber risk, cyber security, cybersecurity, data breach, fraud, hackers, home-based business, Identity recovery, identity theft, Internet, liability, liability coverage, online, online presence, online shopping, retail, retailer, technology, website
Quarantine fatigue is not only sending people to crowded bars. We’re all getting tired of it—call it quaran-tigue—and that could spell trouble on the cybersecurity front.
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Category: Business, Central, Commercial, Employees, Home, Personal, Prevention, Technology
Tags: cloud based services, cloud storage, computer, cyber, cyber attack, cyber crime, cyber security, CyberScout, cybersecurity, data backup, fatigue, firmware, malware, multi-factor authentication, pandemic, phishing, quarantine, quarantine fatigue, scam, scammers, scams, software, work from home, working from home
Have you noticed that many websites and apps are starting to require more than just a password to login to your account? Do you get annoyed and frustrated and wish you didn’t have to do it? The fact is, more…
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Category: Business, Education, Home, Personal, Prevention, Social Media, Technology
Tags: computer, cyber security, cybersecurity, hackers, identity fraud, mobile security, password, passwords, Personal Cyber Protection, protect online privacy, protecting your data, protection, security, smartphone, strong password, technology, Two-Factor Authentication
There’s no doubt people spend A LOT of time on the Internet. Hence the need for an annual Data Privacy Day! The Digital 2019 Report reveals that the average Internet user spends more than a quarter of their life on…
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Category: Central, Financial, Home, Household Inventory, Personal, Prevention, Technology
Tags: computer, cyber, cyber crime, cyber criminals, cyber insurance, cyber insurance coverage, cyber risk, cyber security, cyberbulling, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, hackers, home, identity theft, identity thieves, Internet, internet safety, laptop, Personal, personal computer, Personal Cyber Protection, personal data, personal information, protect online privacy, protect your home, protecting your data, protective devices, Safety Tips, smart phone, smartphone, software, tablet
Shop Small is a nationwide movement that celebrates small businesses every day and helps communities thrive and stay vibrant. Small Business Saturday is a whole day specially dedicated to supporting small businesses across the country, celebrated each year on the…
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Category: Business, Commercial, Financial, Prevention, Technology
Tags: business insurance, business owner, computer, computer attacks, cyber, cyber attack, cyber crime, cyber insurance, cyber insurance coverage, cyber risk, cyber security, cybercrime, data breach, online shopping, small business
You may have heard the term “The Internet of Things”, one of the growing buzz-words in an industry chock full of them. But what does it really mean, and how might it impact you? To provide some potential answers, let’s…
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Throughout the course of the day, we hear many acronyms. When I take my car into the shop to find out why my check engine light is on, the mechanic tells me that the problem is with my O2 sensor and…
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Category: Central, Technology
Tags: acronyms, computer, DHCP, DNS, Domain Name Server, Dynamic Host Configuration protocol, dynamic IP addresses, internet protocal address, internet service provider, IP address, ISP, static IP addresses, technology
While sitting in my doctor’s office, I started thinking, “What if?” What if the doctor’s computer network were hacked tonight? Does he have knowledgeable I.T. staff protecting the sensitive personal information in all those patient files, including mine? I could end…
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Category: Business, Central, Commercial, Financial, Loss Control, Prevention, Risk Management, Technology
Tags: computer, credit, cyber, cyber crime, cyber thief, cybercrime, cyberthief, data, data breach, hacked, hacker, identity theft, National Cyber Security Awareness Month
Before you go “to the cloud,” you should have an understanding of what that really means. “The cloud” is nothing more than a catchy buzz-word for the various networks and servers that make up the Internet; the very same Internet…
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Category: Central, Technology
Tags: cloud, cloud computing, cloud storage, computer, computer storage, data storage, Dropbox, Internet, jump drive, to the cloud, USB flash drive
Most of us have had to deal with getting rid of old computer equipment. It either breaks, or gets very old and something new is purchased. So what should we do with the old stuff? The main issue with disposal…
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Category: Central, Technology
Tags: computer, disk drive, disk wiper, environment, equipment, garage sale, Internet, monitor, old, password, recycle, technology, USB flash drive, user name
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