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Encryption Options for Online Sync Programs Like Dropbox, OneDrive, Box and Google Drive

Online Sync Tools

It seems like everyone has an online sync program these days. If you’re in the Microsoft camp, you have OneDrive. The Google camp has Google Drive. Apple has iCloud Drive. And, Dropbox, the granddaddy of online file sync, is happy to take your money irrespective of your platform choices.

Password Managers

By Jeffrey R. Schoenberger

What Is a Password Manager

A password manager is a program that helps one store, create and organize passwords (and logons and websites, etc.).

Purpose of a Password Manager

The purpose of a password manager is three-fold:

Avoid These Three Common Security Blind Spots

As an IT Consultant, I often see firms unknowingly putting their business information at risk in small ways. Whether this is due to a lack of awareness of firm security policies or simply a lack of security restrictions, the simple fact is that most firms could do more to protect their data. While implementing a firewall, a spam filter, and a password policy is a great start, much more is needed in the way of education, awareness and workflow to completely protect a business from today’s evolving threats.

Two Factor Authentication

This is also known as 2FA or multi factor authentication

What Is Two Factor Authentication?

Here’s a good definition.

“Two-factor authentication (2FA), sometimes referred to as two-step verification or dual-factor authentication, is a security process in which users provide two different authentication factors to verify themselves.”1

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