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What’s important is to understand the risks associated in your line of business and to
reduce that risk through security-centric measures. Not only that, but to train employees
and empower proactive policies which motivate employees to follow through the
security process. It’s simple, if your hardware is secure, your data and online activities
will remain intact.

2. Scan and discard phishy emails

Your email is a unique digital footprint that is widely used by marketing agencies and
tracking parties to send out emails to you in hopes of improving sales and engaging with
potential customers.

To top it all, there are specific tools which send out emails without requiring any human
assistance. Talk about making matters worse, right? Cybercriminals have stepped up
their game and developed ingenious tools that unearth all the information associated
with your email address. This could most likely be your social accounts like Facebook,
Twitter to your online banking accounts.

You should download extensions or block accounts related to spy emails. This practice
will go a long way in protecting your online privacy and security.

3. Use a Virtual Private Network

Virtual Private Networks aka VPN(s) have come a long way, progressing along the way.
A VPN is a secure tunnel that uses encryption algorithms to secure your online traffic.
Your online communications are sent and received through an encrypted tunnel that
keeps eavesdroppers away from intricate information.

A VPN is widely used by businesses around the world to conduct secure online
activities. So for instance, your employees are traveling, and you want to communicate
and share important files, you can do so securely with a VPN in place.

Many VPN services claim to be the best ones. However, my top picks are PureVPN,
NordVPN and ExpressVPN for all the right reasons. You can visit their website to find
out better about the features offered for businesses such as NAT firewall, Internet Kill
Switch, Dedicated IP, amongst numerous others.

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