We are all familiar with home spring cleaning. But this year, consider taking some time to spring clean your digital life, too. A good digital spring cleaning can help keep your devices and information safe and secure. But it can also help improve the speed and performance of the devices and services that you use, and reduces the risk that a hacker could access old information that you’ve forgotten about. So take time to tend to your digital life and safeguard your personal information!
SAFE
SAFE (Security Awareness for Everyone) is a program to increase awareness about cybersecurity. By raising awareness, we hope to help change online behaviors, as well as encourage you to practice safe computing habits, make smart and informed decisions about information security, and protect your business.
Private Information: Cyber-criminals are looking for all kinds of information that they can use, so what can we do to protect ourselves and keep our business information safe? Check out this WESTprotect Tip Sheet.
Do you own or use an ASUS notebook computer? You may be at risk! Read this Alert to find out what you need to know, and what steps you should take right now.
Social engineering is a non-technical strategy cyber attackers use that relies on human interaction and often involves tricking people into breaking standard security practices. Like convincing people to click on links or open email attachments infected with malware, persuading individuals to divulge sensitive information, or even scaring people into installing and running malware. How can you recognize when you’re being played?
Ransomware attacks are on the rise, and everyone needs to remain vigilant against falling victim to one of these attacks. Learn what it is, what you should do, and how to stop doing the things that make you vulnerable to it.
Tax season is prime-time for online, mail and phone scams, and cyber-criminals will try anything to get your personal information, and your money. We have provided examples of some of these scams to look out for, and tips on what you can do to avoid them and stay more secure this tax season!