#security

Will you be a victim of the Authy hack?

Authy, the 2FA app has been hacked and over 30M accounts were compromised. If you’re currently using the app I would strongly suggest you move your codes.

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How to keep your data safe

I often talk about data safety and how to store your data reliably, and in today’s video, I’ll tell you a short story about a friend’s data woes and how you can avoid the same issue.

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Having a Mac that’s secure is always a good thing. So when I read an article about how Apple is going beyond just securing your device and data by enabling their macOS system to do more, it got me excited!

Computerworld article: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3672528/apple-wasnt-fooling-when-it-said-it-wanted-to-make-macs-more-secure.html

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Email is the only constant

Often the thing you use most and take for granted is the most important in your life. However, we don’t often consider it important until something goes wrong. Think about having a cut at the end of any finger.

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Backup is great, but offline is better!

We all know that having a backup of our data is essential. So why is it that when you’re posting something long-form, you use an online tool/platform that could easily not save/update or store your data correctly?!

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What password manager should you use

Having a password manager is one of the best ways to help keep your privacy and security in check. But what one is best for you and why? In this video, I’ll go over some of the best options available.

Apple Keychain: support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchlf375f392/mac
Minimalist: https://minimalistpassword.com
Bitwarden: bitwarden.com
1Password: 1password.com

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Your email privacy should always matter

Your privacy and security belong to you. No one should be able to know when you’ve read, opened, or clicked a link. Nor should they know what location, device or email app you use. It’s just not right!

MailTrackerBlocker

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How secure is your client’s data?

Your data is critical and should be secure and away from prying eyes, hacks and phishing attempts. But have you considered the client and project data you hold for your clients?

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Simplifying your tech security

In today’s world, your online security is vitally important to your privacy. So having everything, from your online accounts to your Mac, iPhone, and other Apple devices, safe and secure should be vitally important to you too!

Minimalist Password: minimalistpassword.com
Bitwarden: bitwarden.com

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How to keep your Apple Mac secure

There are many ways you can keep your Apple Mac secure. In this video, I’ll go through the most important and give some tips on how to keep your data safe, secure and away from prying eyes.

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Always secure your Apple data and passwords

Keeping our data and passwords safe is vital in today’s world. We live online, so whether we like it or not, we need to sure our data is safe should be as important as keeping our keys and wallets safe when we’re out and about.

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Apple didn’t kill the password

Since last week’s Apple WWDC many have been talking about Apple ‘killing’ the password. Now, this could be true, as the PassKey system looks pretty convenient, but at what cost, and is it safe?

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Always be backing up!

When you buy a new hard drive, make sure you buy a second one so you can back up your data.

Do you own your data?

Your email is the glue that holds your digital life together, and without it, you could lose the key to all your data. So making sure you ‘own your keys’ is vitally important. Here’s what I had to deal with when my email stopped working.

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This should scare you

After 30 years in tech, I’ve encountered countless issues ranging from broken hard drives to stolen computers. I’m still astonished that people generally do not take better care of their data.

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Build the right foundation

This past week I’ve been talking about privacy, security and ways to keep your data secure on your Mac.

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Can your Mac get a virus?

If you give access to something you don’t understand, then yes, your Mac might get a virus.

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Keeping your Mac secured

about, and that’s FileVault.

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Protecting your email privacy

Just by using email, you could be leaking a ton of personal information that you’re not aware of.

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Never reuse your password

The best way to stay safe and secure is to make sure you never reuse your password.

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Keeping your passwords safe

Keeping your passwords safe should be high on your list when it comes to your tech. Unfortunately, I’ve seen some very inventing, alas not so secure, ways my clients file their passwords.

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Friday Fury: Password security

I’m still baffled as to why people (companies and individuals) yet haven’t grasped the fact that using a simple password, or even worse, using the same password for multiple accounts is a bad thing.

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Talking about, backup again!

I may sound like a broken record about backing up your data, but it’s so important.

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If you lose your Mac, would you be worried?

Losing your MacBook is not fun, but you can replace it. It’s the data that’s more important and something you need to think about more. Here’s a story of one of my clients.

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Where I stand on email tracking and security

Today will be the last day I use tracking on my email newsletter because I don’t believe anyone needs to know that much information about you or anyone else.

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Security and virus protection for your Mac starts with you

Your Mac is only as happy as how you treat it. So if it gets infected with a virus or you find some malware on it, it’s probably you that caused it.

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Let’s talk about backing up, again!

How many times do I have to talk about backing up in my episodes? Well, I’ll keep doing it until I make people understand how important it is and that they don’t need to lose data if only they did things properly.

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Don't follow the 'remote work' hype blindly

So the newfound ‘hype’ or remote work is getting out of hand with this coronavirus (COVID-19) issue the world is having.

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Do you use a password manager?

The number of times I have a client who gets annoyed they have a virus, been hacked or have malware infecting their Macs is getting beyond stupid.

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So how safe is your data?

In a conversation with a friend of mine yesterday the topic of data storage and how cloud services like iCloud Drive, G Suite & Dropbox should be used.

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Back up your Mac and stay happy

Just got back from a client where his ‘data’ hard drive with his Photo library has an issue.

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How do you keep your Mac data safe?

Today’s video comes to you from a client’s location. They’re having issues with their iMac, so call me to help them resolve it.

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G Suite vs Google apps

I’m often asked about the security of G Suite and how it affects data that’s stored with their service.

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