Personal Online Security
Ok, you know that you should be more secure but how do you go about it? What do you do? Below we outline several key areas that will help you protect yourself and increase personal security. Keep your Computer up to date. An older computer opens up your chances for spyware, malware, virus infections, hacking and identity theft.
The most important thing you can do, is to always make sure your Windows operating system is up to date. Perform Windows Security updates on a regular basis (at least once a month). We are not a fan of Automatic Windows Updates as it can sometimes wreak havoc on a computer. When performing Windows Updates the Critical Updates are the most important and what keeps you secure. Other updates are considered optional updates which are usually non critical such as drivers etc. Note when your automatic update setting is turned ON, you will get all critical updates plus ALL optional updates. This is the part that we do not like. Particularly on our multi display computer systems, Windows updates usually attempt to change the video drivers and ends up dropping displays.
For more on keeping your computer tuned up, see Routine Computer Maintenance. Personal Data Backup, Backup, Backup! We cant stress this enough. We have said this for more than 3 decades now. “The frequency of your backups should be directly proportionate to the value of your data”. If it is priceless, back up daily. A general rule of thumb is to back up no less than once a week for general data, word processing documents, pictures etc. We recommend backing up accounting data daily. Quicken and QuickBooks both have a backup utility built right in, so no excuses!
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If you dont know how to backup, learn. More details on backing up. Online Security We have talked before about how to create strong passwords, but have you been using them? If your passwords are weak, take the time to fix that now (particularly with online banking). Create strong passwords, login when you need to and log back out when you are done.
Make note of your own behavior. Do you log in to your banking, Google, Amazon, etc and walk away from your computer? This is a bad practice and you are leaving yourself vulnerable. Get in the habit of logging out of everything, every time, when you are done. Read the full article by: Len Osborne | NTI | www.NaplesTech.com