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October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month - OpenDNS Blog. How To Set Up a VPN (and Why You Should) You Aren't Using These 10 Simple Security Settings. Online security isn't just a good idea anymore — it's an essential safety measure for anyone using the web. In 2012, Wired senior tech reporter Mat Honan lost more than a year's worth of pictures of his newborn daughter after his Google and Amazon accounts were hacked.

Earlier in 2013, the Syrian Electronic Army allegedly hacked the Twitter accounts of The Financial Times, E! Online and The Associated Press. In response to such attacks, Internet companies are increasingly moving toward two-step verification policies. This feature, also known as "two-factor authentication," requires a user to enter a security code in addition to her password when logging in from an unrecognized device. The security code is usually sent via text to her mobile device. The tips below explain how to set up two-step verification on your most-used online applications. Facebook 1. Enabling Login Approval will affect apps that require your Facebook login, like Skype, Xbox or Spotify. Twitter 2. 3. 4. LinkedIn 5. 6. A Beginner's Guide to Encryption: What It Is and How to Set it Up.

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Humility is a key virtue if you are an expert. I have been doing IT stuff for over 20 years, technology has changed, people have come and gone. You will meet them again and again! When I master something really well and I see work other people have done that I know is not right, it is easy to become boastful and arrogant. When you meditate on how many years technology has changed and I am just a small piece of dust in the whole picture I should feel more humility than I do.

I should understand everyone is doing everything they can do, with all the limitations I have, and you with yours. 20 years ago I could do many things and the power that brings is something else today. Humility is not easy in this business, where: all it takes is to have some certificates and many years of experience.

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UX. WINDOWS. COMMANDLINE. BACKOFFICE. SECURITY. VIRTUAL.