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Upcoming Security Serious Week Virtual Summit to address cyber skills gap

By Richard Patterson in Information Security, on September 16, 2017 at 11:12 am

The summit will tackle the theme of Security Serious Week 2017, Bridging the Cyber Skills Gap through Diversity and Creativity.

If your account or email has been hacked, here's what to do

By Lee Munson in Information Security, on September 15, 2017 at 6:41 am

If you know or suspect one of your accounts or your email has been hacked there are steps you can take to limit the damage and prevent a recurrence.

How to recognize secure sites and avoid fake, scam or fraudulent websites

By Sam Cook in Information Security, on August 27, 2017 at 1:56 pm

Cyber crime is a quickly growing problem. Don't passively let yourself become a victim. Here's how to spot and avoid fake, scam or fraudulent websites.

How your identity can be stolen using social media (and how to prevent it)

By Paul Bischoff in Information Security, on August 26, 2017 at 10:06 am

Social media is a haven for a specific type of hacker, a relatively new breed in the online realm called a social hacker.

Securing your wireless router and your WiFi network

By Lee Munson in Information Security, on August 25, 2017 at 8:16 am

If you’ve come here to learn how to secure your wireless router and network I’m sorry to have to tell you that it can’t be done. Not completely anyway. Read through this article though and you’ll learn what you need to do to make things much, much harder for the bad guys. And that may just be enough to force them to choose another target. ...

Spotting and avoid common scams, fraud and schemes online and offline

By Jon Watson in Information Security, on August 10, 2017 at 8:31 pm

The internet is the most widely used communication tool in existence. It's also the best tool for scammers and phishers to hunt for victims.

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