How to safeguard our personal and financial data?

There have many ways to safeguard our personal and financial data. One of the ways is password. Password is a code you create to control people enter in your software or data. It is keeping unauthorized users off the network. The password can consist of numbers or letters (or a combination), up to eight characters in length. The longer the password the more secure the data.

Encryption key also is a way to protect our personal and financial data. The encryption key is a special code we can create that is used to decode our financial data, making it reliable again to those receiving it at the other end. Both we and the receiver must know the encryption key, because it is the only way that you transmitted data can be read. Encryption key is similar with password, it also consist of letter or number (or combination), up to eight characters in length. The longer the code, the more secure your data.

Beside this, we also can install a firewall to safeguard our personal and financial data. A firewall is a software program running on computer, which inspects network traffic passing through it, and denies pr permits passage based on a set of rules. Most computers come with firewalls integrated into their operating system. A firewall’s function within a network is similar to firewall with fire doors in building construction. It is use to prevent network intrusion to the private network.

In addition, install and update antispyware and antivirus program is anther way to safeguard our personal and financial data. Antivirus software are computer program that to identify, neutralize or eliminate malicious software. Nowadays, antivirus software is designed to combat a wide range of threats, including worms, phishing attacks, rootkits, Trojan horses and other malware.

Physical protection is also very important to safeguard our personal and financial data. We need to stop a thief from taking our Mac and browsing its contents. This is where the need for Hardware protection comes in and fortunately it couldn’t be easier to do this. Kensington’s MicroSaver is used to anchor down our Mac and need used with any Mac.