This is another topic that is so important to understand. With a lot of businesses moving to online transactions, online banking, sending confidential information online, and the list goes on and on, it is important to understand at the very minimum the security risks involved. I personally do all my banking online, pay all my bills online, keep track of all my accounts online, and interact with my accountant online. Without any type of security I could be wiped out very easily, but luckily everything I do that involves any type of confidential material is done right. My accountant has a file share that gets sent directly to them, not over a provider. All my bank accounts have different multi number, letter, and special character passwords. Now more bank sites are using multiple questions that you have to answer in order to get to the information. My ING account has a series of questions that it asks, not the same ones every time, and then I have to select a picture and but in a pin.
I also like to use multiple programs for malware, spyware, virus, and hard drive cleaner. My internet provider provides its users with the latest version of Norton every year for no additional charge. I use cnet to find other programs that are free to download as secondaries. Another important thing to do it to back up your computer, you can set for your computer to do it for you. I also use a godaddy online file folder and Norton has a backup that it runs for me. You can never be too sure when it comes to your personal information, I think you can never have too much, but you can have too little.
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