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Top 10 Security Tips

Friday, April 16th, 2010 by Web1
  1. Develop a ‘culture of security’
  2. Install and use protective software – anti-virus/anti-spyware
  3. Install a firewall to stop unauthorised access to your computer
  4. Protect yourself from harmful emails – be cautious about opening from unknown
  5. Minimise SPAM (unwanted emails) – use a SPAM filter
  6. Back up regularly – allows easy recovery of website or data in the event of a disaster
  7. Develop a system for secure passwords (i.e. - don’t use the same one for all)
  8. Keep software up-to-date by using the latest version
  9. Make sure online banking or any site requesting sensitive information is secure (https://)
  10. Develop, document and maintain a security policy

For more information on how Web One Design Studio can develop a security policy for your business or workplace contact us today.

Backing Up

Sunday, November 29th, 2009 by Web1

Anybody who has ever lost any work done on the computer due to a crash (or any other reason) will understand the importance of backing up.

Just imagine you’ve had your laptop for 2 years. You’ve done all of your accounts, proposals, research documents and alot of other valuable work on it, and have saved it all on the hard drive. Now, just imagine your despair when the hard drive fails, or worse, the laptop is stolen and you’ve never done a backup.

It would almost be the end of the world. So as we say at Web One Design Studio; Backup, Backup, Backup!!

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