CCT Tip Series: Protect Your Data Online and in the Office
According to recent studies, up to 7 million people per year (yes, that is “million”) are victims of identity theft in the United States alone. That is more than 19,000 per day and nearly 800 per hour. Wow! While some feel that these figures may be greatly inflated, they still are sobering. Regardless of the actual number per year, we still need to protect ourselves from this problem. Many, though not all, of the yearly victims become so because they are not as careful with their sensitive data as they should be. Carelessness is all a thief needs to make a victim.
Our CCT Blog is going to be publishing a series of articles to give you some pointers on keeping your data secure. Some tips will be geared toward safety while online and some tips will be geared toward data safety in the office and at home. Some of the articles we have planned include:
- Tips for Creating Good Passwords
- Email Safety Tips (click here to read it)
- Software to Help Keep you Safe
- Ways to Shop Online Safely
- Why you Need to Create Data Backups
- Identity Theft Prevention
- Resources for Victims of Identity Theft
We are going to try to do this weekly, so make sure and check back often. In addition, we invite you to give us some feedback. Did our article give you some good advice? Have you been a victim in the past? Did we miss an important tip? Share your opinions and stories with us. In order to post a comment to an article, you will need to login. You will create a user name (please, nothing offensive) and a password. Then, you can comment away, ask questions or give suggestions.
Each article will show up as a post on the Home page of our blog. Follow the link contained in that post to read the full article. We hope that these articles and tips will be of benefit to you and welcome your comments.
