{"id":2551,"date":"2008-07-29T22:02:55","date_gmt":"2008-07-30T03:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/29\/now-is-the-time-to-ensure-your-digital-security\/"},"modified":"2008-07-29T22:02:55","modified_gmt":"2008-07-30T03:02:55","slug":"now-is-the-time-to-ensure-your-digital-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/?p=2551","title":{"rendered":"Now is the time to ensure your Digital Security"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Steve Collins<\/div>\n

There is an old quip that ignorance is bliss. No. Ignorance is stupid and reckless. It may feel freeing. You may feel relieved of the need to worry about things you do not fathom, but how blissful is it when your carelessness leads you to becoming a crime statistic?<\/p>\n

Cyber crime is a reality of the 21st century. Corporate, financial, and medical IT systems have been violated and personal information and sensitive business files stolen. National security has been threatened by unsatisfactory prevention efforts. Personal identities have been appropriated by thieves who robbed their victims of everything. Digital security, therefore, is something with which everyone should familiarize themselves.<\/p>\n

Included in this is mobile security. With the ability to carry laptops, mobile phones, and other handheld devices come many potential security risks, and every user should be aware of them. There is another old saying — far more wise than the aforementioned saying — that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Nothing could be smarter! How many thousands of victims are out there are berating themselves for allowing themselves to be so vulnerable when the crime against could have been easily prevented?<\/p>\n

Security can be implemented, both on a corporate and personal level, by a combination of three things: education, policy, and the right tools. Learn all you can about digital crime and about the highest quality technologies to prevent it. These tools include software packages, exterior devices, better and better SIM cards, one-time passwords, and electronic passports which can be used to defend information and transactions. Make sure you are adequately protected by the latest security devices. Using your newly acquired knowledge about cyber crime, create policies for usage, and do not be lax about them.<\/p>\n

Ignorance is not bliss, it is the gateway to a world of trouble. Do not set yourself up for disaster. Educate yourself on mobile security and you may boldly reap the benefits of modern technology.<\/p>\n

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About the Author:<\/div>\n
Steve Collins is an Author and Journalist based in Encino, California. A huge tech fan, he has written many articles<\/a> about Mobile Security<\/a>. Mobile Security<\/a> is becoming increasingly important.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is an old quip that ignorance is bliss. No. Ignorance is stupid and reckless. It may feel freeing. You may feel relieved of the need to worry about things you do not fathom, but how blissful is it when your carelessness leads you to becoming a crime statistic?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":162,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[133],"class_list":["post-2551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}