How would you like to carry on a conversation with your home while you’re away? Get the latest scoop is on its safety and security? Schlage, America’s most trusted lock brand, wants you to get connected to your home. With today’s home security technology, the internet and your smartphone, you can do just that. Don’t…
Here are nine ways you can add a lot of security to your laptop when traveling. Bag it. Keep the laptop in a sturdy bag that’s specially designed for laptops. The sleeve should be well-padded and the bag TSA-compliant. The bag should be collapsible and expandable (depending on contents), and easy to wear near your…
Social media is permeating every facet of our lives. It is extremely important to understand security and privacy settings with so much personal information becoming so accessible. Here is the definitive guide to security on Facebook: Step One Logging In Social Authentication: Facebook uses social authentication to verify your account. This system asks you to…
When it comes to protecting an organization’s information, flaws with this can involve either implementing strong technology to protect too much trivial data, or inadequate protection of important and sensitive data. In short, not enough attention is cast upon a company’s most important information; there’s a gap between the IT department and the operational units…
In the wee hours of the morning in Colorado Springs, a 14 year old girl was shot dead by her father as she climbed through a window because he mistook her for an intruder. She died at the hospital from gunshot wounds. When the news broke of this story, it brought the gun advocates and…
Many executives are concerned about social media related risks (e.g., data security and ID theft), but far fewer actually have any social media training. A recent survey of executives puts the concerns into four categories: disclosure of confidential information; damaged brand reputation; ID theft; and legal and compliance violations. Another feature that the survey unveiled…
Can you name 11 tips for hotel safety and security? How about just five? Have you ever walked down the hallway of a hotel and passed by rooms with doors left wide-open by cleaning staff? Ever thought of how easy it would be to enter and pretend the room is yours? Imagine what you could…
One minute or less… …is all the time you may have to escape a fire in your home. Schlage, which is dedicated to keeping homes and families safe, sound and secure, and I ask: “Do you have a smoke alarm?” It can double your chances of escaping death. Home smoke detectors have cut fire fatalities…
I have a growing family. Camping is on my list of family events. The wife isn’t crazy about tents. So I went on Craigslist looking for a second hand camper. I found a $15,000 camper for $2200.00. A pretty good deal to say the least. This ad actually gave me chills it exited me so…
Here’s four chief ways how data breaches happen: Illegal access to information or systems. Personal Identifying Information (PII) data can be illegally accessed via technology such as computer hacking or infecting computers with viruses, Trojans or worms—leading to stolen data or malfunctioning systems. An inside job. Employees (past or present) can commit data breaches. Also,…
