Companies are facing the joy and angst of today’s BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) trend. Employees who enjoy the latest tablets, air-books, and hand-held devices are bringing them into work at an ever-increasing rate. The benefits for both the employer and employee are immediately obvious; the employer reduces their hardware costs and the employee works in their comfort zone.
All benefits aside, the potential nightmares become quickly apparent. How often have you read an article about an employee who had their laptop, containing personnel’s social security numbers, stolen from their car? Or your companies confidential customer list or the code to your new, and proprietary app?
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This is an important article to read, even for those of us who claim to be ‘experts’ in one way or another.
The Scam: You get an email purportedly from your bank, credit card provider or utility company. Often, it will say there’s some emergency or that there’s an issue with your account. The messages include a link that takes you to a fake version of the company’s website, with a login prompt that exists solely to capture your user name and password. With access to your account, a crook can peek inside and get your mailing address and any associated account numbers.
Avoid It By: If you get an urgent-sounding message from any company, especially a financial institution, that you do business with, don’t click on anything. Go to the company’s site directly and call or email to verify that the message is legit.
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