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Four Tips For Marketing And Protecting Your Website

13 March 2016 By Goran

The internet is the best place for businesses to be, because they can reach more people across the globe. However, you can’t just simply set up a website and expect it to be found, or anyone to even pay attention to it or take it seriously if they do happen to stumble across it.

That’s where having a marketing campaign set in place can come in handy, and can help protect your website from being lost in the internet wastelands. Here are some tips to help you get your site noticed.

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Filed Under: Tips Tagged With: advertise on social media sites, have a secure server, marketing a website, marketing campaign, tips for marketing a website

You Need More Than Virus Protection To Keep Your Information Safe

12 March 2016 By Goran

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Whether you are protecting yourself while you play around and shop online, or you are a business with online clients that need their information protected, you need to have more than just an antivirus. While that is an important security feature, it won’t protect from everything, and hackers just might be able to get around it.

Any device you have that runs through the internet, from your smartphone to your cash register at work, can be hacked and you can lose precious and important information to thieves. From identity theft to robbing your bank account blind, hackers know how to get in, so you need to do everything you can to keep them out. [Read more…]

Filed Under: IT Security Basics, Malware, Spyware, Tips Tagged With: anti-malware software, encryption software, use encryption, virus protection

The Importance Of Protecting Your Customer’s Information

25 February 2016 By Goran

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Whether you deal with selling items or services online or in a store, there are risks when it comes to your customer’s personal information. Even the POS cash register systems that many retail chains use are subject to hackers since they work over the internet, and without the proper protection these hackers can walk away with more than just people’s credit card numbers.

As you can see, there are many levels at which a business needs to work to protect their customers and their information. So, how do you do it? [Read more…]

Filed Under: IT Security Basics, Privacy & Anonymity, Tips, Wireless Security Tagged With: protecting online information, secure emails, secure websites, use encryption software

Things You Should Be Doing To Secure Your Online Creative Endeavors

11 February 2016 By Goran

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Whether you are an artist or a crafter, or you are a published author or an inspired poet, if you are sharing your intellectual property online you may want to be doing a few things to protect it. Nothing could be more heartbreaking than having someone steal your work. You don’t have to hide your work in order to keep someone from stealing it though.

It’s about more than just making sure you let people know it’s your intellectual property though. Even files can get damaged and corrupted by hackers if your computer isn’t safe. Here are a few easy ways you can work harder to protect your artistic and creative endeavors. There’s no sense in letting someone else take credit for something you put your heart into! [Read more…]

Filed Under: IT Security Basics, Tips Tagged With: copyright online work, how to secure creative work online, post your own videos on YouTube, put your name on it

Securing Yourself And Your Business Online

22 January 2016 By Goran

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Whether you are running a business online, banking online, or simply playing games online, you need to do what you can in order to protect your identity and your credit cards and bank accounts. Just because there are risks online doesn’t mean you should stop using the internet, since there are just as many risks shopping at your favorite local store or pumping gas at the station on the corner.

In fact, you can probably protect yourself more when shopping and playing online, since there are ways to protect your computer and to make sure you are paying for things securely. These days just paying at the pump for gas is a risk to your bank account, not to mention the card scanners that can steal your credit card information while it’s in your wallet or purse. [Read more…]

Filed Under: General, IT Security Basics, Tips Tagged With: how to secure your business online, how to secure yourself online, online banking, shopping online

Keeping Yourself Safe in a Technological World

19 January 2016 By Goran

Unfortunately, every day there are new threats that make themselves known in the world. Even though there are many that have been foiled in their attempts to steal, kill and destroy, there are even more threats out there that lurk beneath the surface and wait to pounce on unsuspecting subjects.

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Many of the dangers of this world don’t have to do with technology or the internet, as muggings still happen every day. Rapes, robberies, battery, and murder will never go away as long as there is evil in this world. The unsettling thing about danger is that as the world grows in number and technological advancements, so too does the amount of crime, only now, it’s not limited to the physical world. [Read more…]

Filed Under: General, Security Policies, Tips

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