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at October 11, 2019

Proven Ways to Protect Your Data and Your Software



Your data represents your valuable information and your software includes all tools you use on a day to day basis to access your data. Depending on the value of your data, intruders may need to access them.

Your data may be the information stored in your computer (like documents); it also includes the information stored online like your credit cards, private information, etc.

 Thus, there is  potential risk of loss, destruction of your digital assets. In this article, I will share with you proven tips to prevent some unexpected issues.



 Personal Prevention
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  • Monitor your credit card statements regularly and report any suspicious transactions.
  • Report any fraud, theft, or crime to the authorities in your area, like your banks, credit card companies, and government services.
  • Avoid downloading unsecure files from unknown websites.
  • Avoid downloading unsecure files from File-sharing websites, like P2P. Your computer will be at risk of intrusion with spyware, malware, virus. You may also share easily your personal information with the attackers.
  • Avoid downloading email attachments from any web source (like unknown or unsecure websites, unsecure forums, …).
  • Avoid using a fake antivirus offered by some websites. Some of them can popup a window to clean your computer; just ignore and close these messages.
  • Don’t click on links received by email from an unknown sender or from another unknown website (like a forum, unsafe blogs), but go directly to your vendors’ websites to make an online transaction.
  
 Technical Prevention
  • Manage your admin access. Create a standard account for your daily access and avoid using an admin account (useful when you have kids or teen!). You can go to the control panel to create a new user. Since the steps vary between the OS versions, I suggest checking an online tutorial (YouTube or blog) to learn how to set up a new account; it’s easy. Keep your admin password account in a safe place; otherwise, you won’t be able to install any software later! You may have to reinstall Windows or set up your device.
   
  • Encrypt your data files. If you have good knowledge of computer technology, you can use a partition tool to split your hard drive into more than one partition. This way, you can encrypt your data partitions.

  • Use a private vpn software to protect your Internet connection. You can do a search by typing private vpn software. Here are some good vpn tools : Bitdefender VPN, Kaspersky Secure Connection, Norton Secure VPN, NordVPN, etc.

  • Use the privacy mode of your Antivirus tool, this feature usually disable addons that can track your Internet connection.



Mark is the author or the book :


Efficient Ways to Use the Internet Securely




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at August 09, 2017


Protect your wireless and wired connection for a secure online shopping

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When it's time to shop online, you can use two type of connections :
  1. Wireless 
  2. Wired  
A notebook or desktop may use both types of connection, but a smart phone or tablet will usually use a wireless connection only.
Most of the time, a simple action would be very useful to help save you a lot of time and protect you from many intrusions.

In this article, you will find useful information related to the wireless and wired security of your network devices, your mobile devices, and your computers. You will also learn how to set up your connection for minimum or maximum protection. 

If you don't know how to fix the following settings, you can contact the technical support team of your vendor or visit any computer store to have them set it up (they may charge you for this service). You can make an online search to know how to proceed.



wireless internet connection setup 1. Wireless Connection

A wireless connection may be secure or not, depending on how it was set up correctly. For your router connection at home, I suggest to enable the following features:


Minimum wireless security settings
  • Choose wpa2 security (more secure than WEP). Soon, the wpa3(higher security) will be available in the next routers.
  • Wireless setup schedule if available. Some routers have a feature to turn on/off your wireless signal automatically according to your schedule, for example, sleep or work period.

 Maximum wireless security settings

  • Wpa2 security.
  • mac address filtering (you will need to add each MAC address of your devices manually).
  • SSID hidden. This setup feature will hide your wireless network to people at your place. However, you will have to add all devices manually in your wireless network.
  • Set up a wireless setup schedule.
  • Deactivate the ping from WAN features.


wired internet connection setup2. Wired connection

Usually, one of the safer Internet connections is the network cable connection; however, it requires you to use a lot of cables in your location and also switches in case you have multiple devices. 



With the wired cable connection, you are vulnerable most of the time if you were hacked online with a malware (spyware, keylogger, etc.) downloaded by mistake and installed on your computer (by email, attached files, infected linked, infected website). 


What may happen if you don’t secure your Internet connection correctly?



An unsecured connection may bring many troubles, not only to your computer, but also to your data or your sensitive information. When you are not using a protected connection or device, you might have  many issues: 

  • Your wireless device is open to the intrusion from anybody in your area.
  • Anybody can steal your personal or financial information like your credit card numbers, passwords.
  • Anybody can follow all your online activities.
  • People can remotely control your computer.



Thank you for your reading time!

Mark M.
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