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How Can I Protect My Personal Information After a Data Breach?

Identity IQ

On average there are three data breaches a day, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. If you’ve been notified you have been compromised in a data breach or suspect your personal information has been exposed, here are some concrete steps you can take to help protect your critical data.

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Tips to protect your data, security, and privacy from a hands-on expert

Malwarebytes

Back in the early days of personal computing, perhaps one of the only real concerns was data loss from a drive failure. There are rootkits, Trojans, worms, viruses, ransomware, phishing, identity theft, and social engineering to worry about. That risk still exists, but we all face many other threats today too. Security tips.

Backups 101
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Tips to protect your data, security, and privacy from a hands-on expert

Malwarebytes

Back in the early days of personal computing, perhaps one of the only real concerns was data loss from a drive failure. There are rootkits, Trojans, worms, viruses, ransomware, phishing, identity theft, and social engineering to worry about. That risk still exists, but we all face many other threats today too. Security tips.

Backups 90
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Spotlight Podcast: At 15 Cybersecurity Awareness Month Grows with Cyber Risk

The Security Ledger

” Compared with today, those were sleepy times – when you might update your desktop antivirus weekly or even monthly -like changing the batteries in your TV remote, but not be overly concerned about debilitating cyber attacks or scams, Schrader noted. Its harder to believe “it won’t happen to me,” Grant argues.

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Top Cybersecurity Companies for 2021

eSecurity Planet

This includes antivirus, identity protection, SIEM (where Gartner names it a Leader), endpoint protection (graded a Visionary by Gartner) and secure web gateways (Gartner Challenger). That combination has landed Sophos on nine of our top products lists: WAF, NGFW, UTM, EDR, encryption, XDR, MDR, and even antivirus.