Security awareness quiz questions
Ashar Javed had an interesting idea to create security awareness quiz questions and asked me if I wanted to cooperate. The idea is to make this a community effort and make these questions
cybersecurity
A collection of 12 posts
Every day should be World Password Day
On May 7 it was World Password Day. A day on which a lot of awareness about password security is shared. A lot of good advice but unfortunately also a lot of misleading,
Make sure your loved ones can access your accounts when you no longer can
In previous posts in this series I covered how to create strong passwords, how to enable multi-factor authentication, and how to do this in such a way that you don't lock yourself out
The security and privacy risks of third party apps
Third party apps that have access to your online accounts can pose a security and privacy risk if they have excessive permissions or when they get hacked. Read here how you can control the risk.
Tech support scams - what you need to know
Tech support scams are fraudulent operations in which criminals try to convince people that they have serious problems on their computer that put them at risk. In this article you can find some tips to protect yourself against this form of fraud.
Ransomware 101
With the blogs in this series I want to reach not only my typical audience, security professionals, but especially less security aware people to help them improve their personal security. If you think
How a VPN increases privacy and security
With the blogs in this series I want to reach not only my typical audience, security professionals, but especially less security aware people to help them improve their personal security. If you think
Enable two-factor authentication but don't lose access to your accounts
With the blogs in this series I want to reach not only my typical audience, security professionals, but especially less security aware people to help them improve their personal security. If you think
How do you know when it's time to change your password?
With the blogs in this series I want to reach not only my typical audience, security professionals, but especially less security aware people to help them improve their personal security. If you think
How to know if you can trust mobile apps
With the blogs in this series I want to reach not only my typical audience, security professionals, but especially less security aware people to help them improve their personal security. If you think
Mobile device security basics
With the blogs in this series I want to reach not only my typical audience, security professionals, but especially less security aware people to help them improve their personal security. If you think
How to kickstart your Information Security career
I regularly get questions about how to build a career in information security. I decided to do a short write-up with some tips and resources because I think there's a need for it