Getting Your Electronic World Working for You

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Advancement Series Part 2: "Getting Your Electronic World Working For You" April 14, 2014 at the MEV Innovation Centre, Milton, Ontario

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Getting Your Electronic World Working for You

Carol DuvallRDC Networks

Twitter @rdcnetworks and @duvallconsults

www.rdcnetworks.com

Staying Safe Online

http://www.cnet.com/news/which-sites-have-patched-the-heartbleed-bug/

http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/heartbleed-bug-websites-affected/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link

Staying Safe Online

Ransomware is a type of malicious software designed to block accessto a computer system until a sum of money is paid.

Malware is software that is intended to damage or disable computersand computer systems.

Scareware malicious computer programs designed to trick a user intobuying and downloading unnecessary and potentially dangeroussoftware, such as fake antivirus protection.

Adware is software that automatically displays or downloadsadvertising material (often unwanted) when a user is online.

Rootkit is a stealthy type of software, typically malicious, designed tohide the existence of certain processes or programs from normalmethods of detection and enable continued privileged access to acomputer.

Phishing is the activity of defrauding an online account holder offinancial information by posing as a legitimate company.

Spearphishing is an e-mail spoofing fraud attempt that targets aspecific organization, seeking unauthorized access to confidentialdata.

Follow Microsoft @safer_online

Phishing Scams

Strong Passwords

FreeAnti-Virus

For being a free software, it has a lot of useful bells andwhistles that’ll keep your PC running smoothly. MicrosoftSecurity Essentials also offers coverage (for free) tomultiple computers, and small (10+ computers)businesses. Stating that the idea of being safe andmaintaining your PC’s health is their prime concern.

Vulnerable Applications

Mobile Device Viruses

Where Do Viruses Come From?

System Restore Is Your Friend in Windows

Backup!Backup!Backup!Backup!

Offsite (“cloud”) backups are fine, but are you really capturing all your data?

Use the built-in Windows Backup that captures, not only your data, but it alsocreates an image of your entire machine, including the operating system (I betyou don’t remember where you put the recovery disk and license keys for theoriginal machine), programs, documents, photos, videos, music files, yourbrowser favourite AND your passwords!

Go out and buy yourself an external backup drive like a Seagate Backup Plus ora Western Digital My Passport

What is CRM? Customer relationship management (CRM) is a model formanaging a company’s interactions with current and futurecustomers. It involves using technology to organize, automate, andsynchronize sales, marketing, customer service, and technicalsupport.

- Wikipedia

Free Customer Relationship Management Tools

Tabillo CRM

FreeAccountingSoftware

Collecting Online Payments

www.squareup.com

Milton Chamber of Commerce Merchant Program

Use A Professional Email Address

A custom email address helps you create a professional imageand boosts your business’ credibility.

Office365 Home Premium

Office365 Small Business Plans

Time Management Tools

Tabillo

http://tabillo.com/#C4

https://www.youtube.com/user/tabilloinc

Track Time Spent on Projects

Evernote

Capture Business Cards (iPhone Only)

Password Manager

Free WebsiteAssessment

Where To Go For Help

Online Storage

Collaboration

Sharing Data

OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) for Business is personal onlinestorage for a company’s employees. It’s the place where peoplecan store, sync, and share their work files across multipledevices with ease and security. With OneDrive for Business youcan collaborate with others in real time right from within Officeand edit documents from virtually anywhere via a web browserin real time using Office Online.

Resources

www.snopes.com

http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/scams-fraudes/phishing-eng.htm

http://www.microsoft.com/security/default.aspx

http://www.bdc.ca/EN/Pages/home.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=5201

https://www.securelist.com/en/analysis/204792318/Kaspersky_Security_Bulletin_2013_Overall_statistics_for_2013#06

https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-ca/

Videos on Hacking and Viruses – Halton Tech Today YouTube

http://youtu.be/VHnRXuJ6XkQ

http://youtu.be/WoneJ18efIA

THANK YOU!

Carol DuvallRDC Networks

Twitter @rdcnetworks and @duvallconsults

www.rdcnetworks.com

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