Jun 27, 2009

How to safeguard our personal and financial data












The topic we would like to discuss today is how to safeguard our personal and financial data?Nowadays, due to the technology advancement many people like to shopping and purchasing online,doing payment through e-banking and saving personal data in blog and website. They like to doing all the activities through online because it is convenient and time-saving. However, there will be some diadvantages of doing the transaction online such as the important or confidential information will be steal and unauthorized access by the other party. Therefore, we will suggest some ways to safeguard our personal and finacial data.


Ways to Safeguard our Personal and Financial Data:







1.Always using antivirus and antispyware software to protect your computer system-The users can using the antivirus software such as AVG and Avira antivirus software to scan and prevent,detect and remove malware, including Trojan horse,worm and virus

2.Create strong passwords- Do not create passwords that are weak or easy to guess such as your birthday or handphone numbers as passwords. You can create password that contain 12 characters that is hard to guess.


3.Do not disclose or reveal any personal or financial data to anyone- Avoid logging to your financial account in the public place such as Internet Cafe of coffeeshop that offer wireless because maybe the firewall do not strong enough.

4.Encrypt your important and sensitive files- Encryption is a process of scrambling a message or file in a way that difficuly for the unauthorized person to unscramble or read it.

5.Avoid open unknown or mystery files- Never open an attachment or click on a link that sent to us by unknown party. These attachments can contain virus that harmful to your computer system.