Cybersecurity Made Personal

Show notes available at https://www.cybersecuritymadepersonal.com/episode51.

Backing up your computer is usually one of those things you know you should do, but you just never get around to doing. On World Backup Day, it’s a great time to put some thought into why you should back up your personal information.

Show notes available at https://www.cybersecuritymadepersonal.com/episode50

The fight for privacy online begins in your browser. If you don’t configure your browser to protect your privacy, other changes you might make may not do much. This episode will cover five privacy settings in your browser you need to check in order to ensure you keep your privacy protected.

Show notes available at https://www.cybersecuritymadepersonal.com/episode49

Tax season officially opened last week, when the IRS began accepting 2020 returns.  However, the IRS is not the only one interested in your tax and financial data.  There are scammers out there that want to steal your money or your private data.  This episode will cover four scams you need to be aware of.

Show notes available at https://www.cybersecuritymadepersonal.com/episode48.

USB flash drives are a convenient way to move data, and they’ve become extremely popular. In fact, it’s likely that you probably have one or more flash drives sitting in your home. However, your data could be threatened if you’re not careful with how you handle a flash drive. This episode will show you five ways that a USB flash drive could be a threat to your data’s security.

Show notes available at https://www.cybersecuritymadepersonal.com/episode47.

Your internet provider gets to handle all of your internet traffic, which means that one company sees everything you do online. Since your ISP is now permitted to collect data about your internet activity and sell it, protecting your privacy demands that you take steps to keep your ISP from seeing your activity. This episode will teach you three strategies to keep your ISP from seeing what you do.

Show notes available at https://www.cybersecuritymadepersonal.com/episode46.

Text messaging was the second capability to come to our mobile phones (coming right after the old-fashioned phone call!), but that doesn’t mean that it’s free from it’s share of security problems. This episode covers three threats that can come to you through text messaging.

Show notes available at https://www.cybersecuritymadepersonal.com/episode45.

Cloud storage is a convenient way to back up your files or share and collaborate with others. However, you must be careful to set up your cloud storage correctly, and you need to know what you should store in the cloud and what is best left on your own devices.

Show notes available at https://www.cybersecuritymadepersonal.com/episode44.

There are many reasons why you might want to stay anonymous online. You could want to hide your location or mask your data from the many data brokers. Regardless of your reason, there are steps you can take to protect what other people and companies can find out about you. This episode will cover six methods you can use to protect your anonymity.

Show notes available at https://www.cybersecuritymadepersonal.com/episode43.

A security system is a great asset to protect you and your home. However, if you are purchasing it on your own, you must take the time to make sure you are purchasing the right system for your needs. This episode will cover five steps to help you make sure that the system you purchase is actually what you need.

Show notes available at https://www.cybersecuritymadepersonal.com/episode42.

It seems that every app on your phone wants to collect data about you. One of the most sensitive forms of data that is commonly collected is your real-time location. Using this data, advertising networks can get an idea of what stores you frequent and even send you ads for businesses you’re near. You may not be able to completely eliminate location tracking, but If you don’t want data brokers collecting your location data, you can greatly limit the amount of data being collected.