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Make a resolution to clean up your digital act? Here’s how

The Parallax

From banking sites to Facebook to just casual browsing, using a VPN will help hide your online behavior from prying eyes—no matter who’s targeting you. That includes the operating system, the programs and apps that run on it, and the aforementioned Internet of Things. Step 3: Improve your passwords, and use a password manager.

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5 simple measures you can take to improve your company’s security

Strategy Driven

That software includes not only anti-malware software and firewalls but also the web browsers and operating systems your workers routinely use. That’s why it wouldn’t be well-advised practice – and why you ought to isolate your payment systems from other software that falls short of the same security standards.

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Supporting digital transformation while avoiding common stalls

CircleCI

I once worked at a place that used five different operating systems in distributed environments. To the systems teams, however, there were n+1 ways to do things. Ultimately, it took nine years for that company to go from five major operating systems to two. Companies fail to standardize. I’ve seen this one a lot.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Tips for cloud configs, MSP vetting, CISO board presentations

Tenable

Here’s a small sampling of the advisory’s many common-sense recommendations: Don’t delay the installation of updates for operating systems, software and firmware, and prioritize VPN servers, remote access software, virtual machine software and known exploited vulnerabilities. Keep data backups offline.

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Free Linux Apps Every Business Owner Should Check

Openxcell

Linux is an operating system that’s like UNIX. As a small business owner, you’ll find that this operating system offers a lot of great apps for free. Linux is an operating system that's like UNIX. You'll never pay for any software when it's created for a Linux operating system.

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10 Important Cybersecurity Tips

Strategy Driven

Cyber attackers also aim for identity theft; extortion attempts to access to bank account details. Attacks can be as little as stealing your family photos or as big as hacking bank accounts. Install every latest update for your operating system. Keep your operating system up to date. Back up your data.

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Free Linux Apps Every Business Owner Should Check

Openxcell

Linux is an operating system that’s like UNIX. As a small business owner, you’ll find that this operating system offers a lot of great apps for free. You’ll never pay for any software when it’s created for a Linux operating system. while Quickbooks costs $159.95

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