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PII, what it is and how to protect it

By UTS Support Posted on April 2, 2019 Posted in Best Practice, Weekly Tip

The Tip What is PII? PII, or personally identifiable information, is sensitive data that could be used to identify, contact, or locate an individual. In the wrong hands, PII leads to identity theft and other forms of fraud. The Detail …

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Passwords and Passphrases, again

By UTS Support Posted on February 26, 2019 Posted in Best Practice, Weekly Tip

The Tip In this issue, I’d like to revisit our first Cybersecurity post from November of 2017, “Passwords vs Passphrases”. It is as important and relevant today as it was then. The Detail I won’t repeat the entire first post …

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Password Managers

By UTS Support Posted on January 29, 2019 Posted in Best Practice, Weekly Tip

Forward: Over the last year or so of researching and writing this blog, I’ve come to the conclusion that there really are only about ten cybersecurity tips, and they are mostly common sense. The rest are just minor variations. With …

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WiFi Safety

By UTS Support Posted on January 22, 2019 Posted in Best Practice, Mobile, Network, Weekly Tip

Forward: Over the last year or so of researching and writing this blog, I’ve come to the conclusion that there really are only about ten cybersecurity tips, and they are mostly common sense. The rest are just minor variations. With …

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Let’s get SMART

By UTS Support Posted on December 11, 2018 Posted in Best Practice, Weekly Tip

The Tip This holiday season, many of us will be buying or receiving gifts that are ’Smart’ and will be internet connected and a part of the Internet of Things (IoT). Whether it’s a television or a personal assistant, fitness …

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Does it have to be all so technical?

By UTS Support Posted on November 13, 2018 Posted in Best Practice, Mobile, Weekly Tip

The Tip Strong security isn’t just about complicated rules around passwords and anti-virus software and malware and managing access. Many important habits for safeguarding your important personal and work information build down to common sense and physical security and generally …

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Your data is valuable!

By UTS Support Posted on October 23, 2018 Posted in Best Practice, General, Weekly Tip

The Tip Everything from personal information, personal photos, work correspondence, to your banking information and social media activity is valuable. If it’s valuable to you, it’s valuable to cybercriminals. In fact, some of it is valuable to cybercriminals without you …

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Our internet; Our cyber security

By UTS Support Posted on October 10, 2018 Posted in Best Practice, Weekly Tip

The Tip Cybersecurity month, week one. The internet is something we all share, and we all share a responsibility for keeping it safe. Thankfully there are simple ways we can all contribute to our collective Human Firewall. The Detail Get …

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Tips For Safe Social Media Use

By UTS Support Posted on April 24, 2018 Posted in Best Practice, Weekly Tip

The Tip Many of us use social media tools like Facebook or Twitter or Snapchat every day. Given the popularity of these tools, the landscape has become ripe ground for cyber criminals and fraudsters. Using these tools safely isn’t really …

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Is spam clogging your inbox?

By UTS Support Posted on April 17, 2018 Posted in Best Practice, E-mail, Weekly Tip

The Tip Spam campaigns are often a primary attack vector used by cyber criminals. Less spam means being a little more secure. The Detail Fortunately, it’s not all doom and gloom. There are a number of simple strategies you can …

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Have I Been Pwned

By UTS Support Posted on March 27, 2018 Posted in Best Practice, E-mail, Weekly Tip

The Tip We should all know by now that using the same password on multiple sites is a big security no-no! We might think our username:password is safe with the big companies, but this is absolutely not true. Did you …

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USB, Don’t Trust Anything

By UTS Support Posted on March 20, 2018 Posted in Best Practice, Weekly Tip

The Tip We should all know by now to never insert an unknown USB drive into our computer or laptop. Sadly, researchers are finding more and more crafty ways that criminals are abusing the ‘Universal’ part of Universal Serial Bus. …

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