Tech Matters

Securing your work from home

The title is a double entendre when thinking of that aspect of security – online security that is.  The global pandemic has forced on us the need to safeguard our well-being while still maximizing our productivity and throughput in our careers and/or day jobs.  “Work from home” took an all-new...
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Securing your work from home

Top 10 ways to secure your data while traveling

The advent of the Holy Week in the Philippines herald the start of the travel season, especially since most schools have not yet adapted to the September school opening.  For countless among us, our smartphones and laptops are a must-bring to make our travel productive and memorable.  Be it taking...
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Top 10 ways to secure your data while traveling

Password Complexity: The Simple Truth

Passwords have been around since time immemorial as a way of user identification, identity authentication and as a way of gaining access to a restricted resource. The Greek historian Polybius has discussed in detail how passwords, or quite specifically, "watchwords" were used by the Roman military in the changing of...
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Password Complexity: The Simple Truth

Online Security and Identity Theft

...when the good things in life aren't really free. There is an ongoing misconception that the internet is a relatively safe place, and that our online presence is meant to mask our identity or offer a different persona than who we are.  With internet fast allowing for seamless inter-connectivity among...
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Online Security and Identity Theft