| Social Engineering a Threat to Business Security |
Be aware that hackers have another tool in their toolset that employs a particularly subtle, insidious way of compromising the security of your systems and network. Called social engineering , it’s the use of psychological tricks to deceive targets into revealing potentially compromising information about the systems in their organization. In practice, it can be as simple as a hacker calling an employee and asking subtle questions to gain information, or posing as someone trusted, perhaps as building maintenance, walking in the doors of an organization to directly gain access to systems—or even searching through the trash and refuse left behind by employees. The popularity of social networking has also increased the danger with the ease and convenience of creating connections to potentially trusting members of your organization. However, there are some actions you can take to protect your business:
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The security of your organization is not only threatened by malware, hacks, and network attacks, but also attacks via a technique called “social engineering”.| New Viruses Infiltrate Systems through USB Drives |
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Two new viruses have been discovered to infiltrate systems through removable drives.| Installing Uninterruptible Power Supply for Uninterrupted Productivity |
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An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) can help you save your work during power outages and keep your system safe from power surges. It’s an inexpensive piece of hardware every IT system should have.| Take Advantage of Jump Lists in Windows 7 |
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Jump Lists are lists of recently opened items, such as files, folders, or websites, organized by the program that you used to open them. You can also pin favorites to a Jump List, so you can quickly get to the items that you use every day. | Add Dates or Find Difference Between Dates in Windows 7 Calculator |
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Need to quickly find out what day it would be 45 days from now without counting squares on a calendar? Want to know how many days until a holiday, birthday, meeting, or other special event? The built-in calculator in Windows 7 can answer these questions. 
