In this month’s issue of TechKnow – Protecting yourself from tax season scams, blackmail phishing attacks on the rise, technology spring cleaning, and more…
THANK YOU Neffsville Fire Company!
Design Data Corporation’s office in Mount Joy, PA suffered substantial water damage during the flash flood that occurred in the area on August 31, 2018. We would like to give a huge shout-out to the Neffsville Fire Company for allowing our team to use their facility while we were displaced to allow repairs. Their generosity allowed […]
‘TechKnow’ – March 2018
In this month’s issue of TechKnow – HTTP sites to be marked “not secure”, Equifax data breach affected more than previously reported, building resilience, and more…
Keeping Your Technology Safe: Best Practices for Business
Thank you to everyone who attended our Manheim Chamber of Commerce Lunch and Learn on March 1, 2018! Attendees were provided with information to help better understand technology security risks and how to properly manage them. Topics covered included: Phishing Emails Password Best Practices Browsing Security Backup and Disaster Recovery Corporate Policies Additional Thoughts and Trends Is […]
‘TechKnow’ – February 2018
Netflix email scam, cyber threats, social media depression, and more…
Stay Safe – Wi-Fi, Anti-Virus, Device and Software Updates, and other things to consider
Design Data Corporation’s Stay Safe Campaign – covering best practices for security. Wi-Fi Networks Public Wi-Fi may be convenient; however, it can be risky to use. Data can easily be compromised by man-in-the-middle attacks. Never conduct banking, shopping and/or entering other sensitive information while on a public network. Consider using a VPN, or use your […]
Stay Safe – Online Activity
Design Data Corporation’s Stay Safe Campaign – covering best practices on security. Online Activity Pay attention to website URLs – malicious sites may look identical to a legitimate site, but could use a variation in spelling, or include other typos or extra characters. They may also use a different domain, for example using .com rather […]
Stay Safe – Passwords
Design Data Corporation’s Stay Safe Campaign – covering best practices for security: Password Best Practices Use secure passwords or passphrases for all your accounts, the greater the complexity the better. A passphrase is a sequence of words or text to form a phrase or sentence. Do not use obvious passwords like “password”, 123456, the same […]
Meltdown and Spectre Security Flaws
Important Alert from Design Data Corporation PLEASE READ! Proactive Alert #011018 On January 3, 2018, the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) became aware of a set of security vulnerabilities known as Meltdown and Spectre. Meltdown and Spectre exploit critical vulnerabilities in modern processors. These hardware vulnerabilities allow programs to steal data which is currently processed on […]
Stay Safe – Email
Design Data Corporation’s Stay Safe Campaign will cover best practices on security. Our first topic: Email – Spam and Phishing Never open an attachment unless you are expecting it, even if it is from a known contact. Never click on links contained in an email unless you were expecting someone to email you a specific […]