Quick Tip: Take precautions, protect and secure your laptop or personal device.
Why: Imagine this -- You’re in the car on the way home from Starbucks, basking in the glow of consuming your triple-shot, low-foam, extra-hot pumpkin-spice latte when you suddenly realize your laptop has gone missing.
Got your attention?
Well, as we recall her story, Cinderella did a lot of cleaning! In our business, we do a lot of “virtual cleaning” as it relates to computers and computer networks. This can involve helping organizations create easy-to-use electronic filing systems so that users can easily save and find files on servers or in the cloud.
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Quick Tip: Logoff and then close your web browser.
Why: When online accessing a banking site or any other application containing sensitive data, make sure you logoff of the site and THEN close your browser. If you simply close your browser, some of the session information that a hacker can use to gain entry is still running in the background.
Is your business outgrowing your current office space? Well, as George Jefferson from the 1975 sitcom, The Jeffersons, would say, “you’ve finally got a piece of the pie and your business is movin’ on up!” That’s a good problem to have, right?
However, office relocation can be a pain in the rump.
Quick Tip: Uninstall unneeded software, especially freeware.
Why: Like it or not, PC manufacturers LOVE to stuff your brand-new PC full of “free” applications (they get paid to do it, so you’ve got a slim chance of getting one without a side of spamware). But clutter is the enemy of a speedy PC, and if you’re not using a particular software on a regular basis, it’s best to REMOVE it completely.
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Quick Tip: Use only company-approved, business-grade file-sharing apps.
Why: If you’re using a personal Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive or other consumer-grade file sync and sharing cloud applications, listen up! These applications pose a huge threat to your company because company data can be spread far and wide without central oversight of what information is being shared with whom.
Quick Tip: Make your email password different than all others.
Why: You know you’re guilty of it: using the same password for everything. Believe me, I understand how annoying it is to try and remember all those passwords. If you’re using the same password for sites that don’t share sensitive information, like a login to a news feed you like to read, then it’s generally okay.
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