How to safeguard your personal and financial data?

Online security can be treated as a “necessity” for those who own a computer. Now I am going to share with you about the safeguards on your data.

The simplest method to protect your data from stealing your information by the hackers or crackers is to install anti-virus software and must keep updating it daily. The significant threats to computer-based information consist of viruses and trojans, spyware or adware, and computer failures. If you do not own the anti-virus software, you are ruining your computer’s life. The newer programs, for instance, Norton Anti-Virus will download updates automatically. Eventhough you have anti-virus software, you also required to update it and get the edition that enables automatic updates and scans those incoming mails or items in your computer if you use the old version anti-virus software.

Besides, you can also set up the firewall for your computer. If you do not set up a firewall, it is vulnerable to those hackers. The firewall can be used to filter the inherently dangerous services and to expose the protected network to fewer risks. For instance, a firewall could block the dangerous services such as Network File System from entering the protected subnet.

Additionally, you must back up your file or data daily. Without data back up, you will be running the risk of losing your data. Mostly you save your important assets of your business or your family data in the computer. You can back up your data in CD-RW, tape, drives or even portable hard drives. If any incident such as theft, fire, flood etc happens, you will still be protected as your data has been safeguarded.

Furthermore, if you share information with another user by using a public computer such as in a library, school computer lab or Internet café, you have to remember to close the window browser. This is to prevent other users to read your personal information and mail. Avoid from using passwords that are easy for someone to guess. Your passwords you created must be strong and keep them well protected, so that the malicious users could not steal you information.

Likewise, keep an eye on anyone who seems interested in your transactions when you using an ATM. When inserting your PIN number, you should use your free hand to shield the keypad to prevent others to peep it. Bankers can also add on fingerprint scanning on ATM machine.

I strongly advice everyone to cooperate with each other to prevent the disclosure of our own or consumer personal and financial data. Hope that everyone can concern about computer security by viewing my post to follow the steps of safeguards on data.

Reference:

1. http://www.aroundhawaii.com/lifestyle/computers/2004-05_take_a_few_steps_to_safeguard_your_pc_and_data.html