With occasional security breaches at service providers and rampant email account theft, password security has never been more important. Make sure you choose and use secure passwords.

If you're not around to unlock all the digital data you take such care to secure, who will be able to access it, and how?

I talk about backing up a lot, and I do practice what I preach. I'll explain what I do to back up my world.

Malware has come a long, long way since it began as a benign joke or proof-of-concept. Today, most malware boils down to someone, somewhere, making money.

Even though most of us might never fall for it, the reason there's so much spam is simple: spam works.

Information on the internet ranges from truth to fiction to intentional misinformation. It's important to develop a critical eye towards everything you read.

In general, faster is better, but make sure you're testing properly so that you get an accurate report.

Surprisingly, it's possible for aspects of an https site to still not be secure, if the site is improperly designed. And it's extremely difficult to tell.

A Windows 10 Recovery Drive can be used to restore Windows backups to your machine and more. I'll show you how to create one.

If we would all be a little more skeptical, we'd be safer and the internet would be a more trustworthy place.