An ever increasing number of data is stored on the Internet nowadays – whether you are aware of it or not. But how secure are your personal data?

External storage media such as USB sticks, portable hard drives or CDs/DVDs have become part of everyday digital life by now. But what happens if these storage media with your sensitive data get lost …

We know that working from home can be new to some of you, perhaps overwhelming as you adjust to your new environment. One of our goals is to enable you to work as securely as possible from home. Below …

Erasing data for good is more difficult than you would think, because there are various ways to delete and erase! The most secure solution - to physically destroy a data carrier - is not generally …

About half of all the e-mail traffic worldwide consists of spam. Next to advertising, this often also involves attempts at spreading malware and phishing. To reduce this risk and spam received into …

The term cloud storage denotes storage space which is accessed over the Internet. Not all cloud providers score well as far as data protection and data security are concerned. A few rules will help …

Identity theft (also called identity fraud) is a scam involving someone’s user account – i.e. their identity – being misused by a third party. In the process, attackers either hack a personal account …

Virus protection is one of the basic provisions of any company, as malware poses a threat seriously on the rise in our digital world – and to SMEs in particular, too. Consistently applied technical …

You can use QR codes to pay invoices, access a digital menu in a restaurant or visit a website. Any data encoded in the code cannot be read by humans. You should therefore be careful when using them.