Cyber security Tips

There are numerous social networking sites available on the internet. They are places where everyone has the freedom to express themselves, make friends from other countries and advertise businesses. Whatever your purpose is you have to ensure that you are not wasting your time building relationships from these sites. Learning some helpful tips on how to build a good networks or relationships through these websites will make your time, sitting in front of your computer, worth it.Lots of social networking sites are accessed online where you can gain followers and friends. It's everybody's goal to generate hundreds and thousands of followers on his profile. In that case, you need to make ...

The other day an acquaintance mentioned to me that he'd like to start a new business in the computer forensics trade, and make it his new life's work. Does that make sense? Well, sure it does, and just because everything is moving into the cloud, or so it is predicted doesn't necessarily mean that folks who are trying to hide something would dare to store stuff there. After all, it would be easily searchable by the authorities, or some NSA searching algorithm will find it.Thus, those using computers to help them break the law are more likely to keep information close to the vest on encrypted CD ROMS, hard drives, thumb drives, etc - kind of like Osama bin Laden did. And then there is ...

Computer Security is something large commercial organisations have long since realised cannot not be ignored. SME's (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) are not always so diligent, this is often down to the lack of resources or the simple fact that no one in particular has sole responsibility for it. Sure, it should be part of any IT function, but with all the other more pressing day-to-day demands it is also something that sits untouched on a 'to do list', if it even makes it on to the list at all.Then there's the home and personal users who in most cases just don't understand the dangers. Any thoughts regarding security stop at the purchase of some antivirus software or a possible reluctance ...

Julian Assange, the assailed WikiLeaks publisher, was allegedly supplied with a huge quantity of sensitive information which is now showing up on the infamous WikiLeaks website compliments of a private first class in the Army. Uncle Sam is screaming foul. Most people are scratching their heads trying to figure out how such a thing could happen.The real truth is that we likely did it to ourselves. There is a full range of possibilities but a PFC isn't likely to have broad access to a large cross-section of secret information. The application of flawed network security policies, however, probably made it possible for Pvt. Bradley Manning to allegedly gain access to the information now appearing ...

Almost everybody today has a personal computer connected to the Internet. The internet is a great way to communicate, gather information, and shop. It has made life easier with applications that help a person transact over the internet. However, while the internet has numerous advantages, there are serious disadvantages that should be taken into account as well. The internet has become a breeding ground for criminals and hackers who victimize people by accessing their profiles and fraudulently use their names for transactions which result to huge amounts of bills and tainted credit records of the victimized people. Thus the need for an efficient and effective internet security that could ...

Social networking (SN) was a concept originally founded for the masses to use on a very overlapping basis, but alongside the acceleration of Enterprise 2.0, things have begun to pick up, and fast. After social networks surpassed the sustainable monetization stage the first Web 1.0 companies couldn't, and evolved to an adequate scale and spectrum, the next, less generic step formed: professional use.Once enterprise discovered the potential for a means of fast, accessible and affordable communications between remote workers, professional networking began to grow out of the single all-inclusive concept which generically encompasses SN. There are, or at least were, some obvious benefits of ...

Using internet applications is great fun but they are sometimes unsafe and susceptible to unauthorized access, security threats and the inability to access inbound and outbound traffic. Sometimes you may also face the stealing of some crucial information and the interruption of some unauthorized software which consequently hampers your software and increases the security risks. Making use of internet security firewalls is the best way to protect your computer.With firewall security you can stop unauthorized access to the network or internet by allowing authorized communication to take place. If there is an attempt to access the network or internet, it allows the user to block and encrypt ...