Keeping your computer software up-to-date is critical to protecting you from the latest threats.
The truth is it’s very easy to skip software updates but what you might not realize, is that these updates are for a reason, and brushing them aside can be a big mistake.
Ever wonder why is it important to keep your computer updated?
Do You Know What Hackers Love Most About Your Business?
When Employees Reuse Their Passwords...
More Than Half of Your Employees Are Most Likely Reusing Passwords Across Their Business and Personal Accounts.
We are all plagued with password issues; creating them, remembering them and routinely changing them.
Going Phishing?
Going Phishing?
Here are The Most Common Email Subject Lines to Be Wary Of
Typically, subject lines that seem to trigger attention from an employee and/or require a quick response are associated with completing a task, are personally significant to them or pose some sort of security threat the employee feels he/she should be on the lookout for.
Top 20 Cyber Security Checklist for Accounting Firms
Below is the top 20 checklist of what accounting firms can do to protect themselves in the cyber security sector from the vast majority of cyber threats.
Keep Your Operating Systems Updated: Whether you run on Microsoft Windows or Apple OS X, the operating system needs to be set for automatic updates.
How to set up Two Factor Authentication for Dropbox
Two-step verification is an optional but highly recommended security feature. Once enabled, Dropbox requires a six-digit security code or a security key in addition to your password when you sign in to your account.
How to set up Two Factor Authentication for Google and Gmail
How to set up your Google account with two-step authentication
Google's experience with two-step authentication makes it a remarkably simple process to set up. Here's what you need to do.
Visit Google's 2-Step Verification page and click on Get Started.
How to set up Two Factor Authentication for iCloud
Two Factor Authentication for iCloud
To begin, open up System Preferences | iCloud. In the resulting window, click Account Details and (when prompted) enter the password for your Apple account (not the password for your macOS device). Click the Security tab and then click Turn On Two-Factor Authentication (Figure A).
Figure A
Enabling two-factor authentication.
How to set up Two Factor Authentication for Office 365
Set up multi-factor authentication in the Office 365 admin center
Go to the Office 365 admin center.
Navigate to Users> Active users.
In the Office 365 admin center, click More> Setup Azure multi-factor auth.
Find the user or users who you want to enable for MFA. In order to see all the users,you might need to change the Multi-Factor Auth statusview at the top.
How to set up Two factor Authentication
What is Two-Factor Authentication?
Two-step authentication is the most prevalent way to secure your accounts: It asks you to authenticate that you are who you say you are by supplying not only your password, but a unique code supplied from your phone or an external app.
How to Create a Strong Password
Passwords have evolved a lot over the years, from the legendary “open sesame” to a secret knock with “Lenny sent me” to get you into a private poker game. But one thing has not changed, it is what gives you access, that’s why passwords have always been coveted, from the combination to a safe to access to an online bank account, the so called “easy money”. As such the password has evolved over time to be longer and contain numbers and symbols, and through the years the minimum password length has grown in direct relation to the increase in compute power that became available to hack a password.