Email Security: Five Tips to Protect Yourself
E-mail can be a terrific form of communication for keeping in touch with family, friends, and business associates. However, using it unwisely may make you and your computer susceptible to spam, scams, and viruses. Here are five tips to avoid these problems: Utilize Security Software A decent security program with a firewall should be your first […]
Common Anti-Spam Filtering Techniques
Email spam has been a problem for almost twenty years and continues to plague us today. This problem would be far worse if we didn’t have anti-spam software. Two common filtering techniques for blocking email spam will be discussed below: List Filters The simplest anti-spam technique makes use of lists to either allow email into or block […]
Cloud Computing and the Two-Step Authentication Process: Does it Solve All Security Issues?
Cloud computing has been back in the news lately with the iCloud security breach and Apple attempting to find ways to repair the situation. What we don’t hear enough about is how secure the cloud is in comparison to all other options out there. It’s still the safest, especially when the cheaper alternatives of Google […]
Choosing An Email Spam Filter
If you have an email inbox, it’s critical you use a spam filter to sift through the countless junk emails you get each day. Spam mail is not only time consuming. It can also bring in malware, phishing software and viruses. Spam filters are software used to scan emails to determine whether of not they’re spam. Before […]
