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IT, Security, Servers 5

Free VPN Protection: Kepard Announces 3 Free Premium VPN Accounts

Posted By Eric Dye on March 12, 2013

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be able to surf the Internet with freedom without having to worry about contracting a nasty virus or Trojan? In the early days of the Internet, this was possible, but it certainly isn’t today! If you want to be able to enjoy the Internet as you did in the days of old, Kepard is currently offering the best VPN service for all of your protection needs. With this product, you will never have to worry about falling prey to hackers or viruses.

Kepard is a business who has worked diligently to acquire a reputation for providing the highest quality of protection and encryption for their clients. Now, this product, which is the result of years of hard won knowledge, can be yours for free. For 3 lucky winners, their dreams are about to come true. Each winner that is selected is going to receive a premium VPN account for 90 days – 100% free. This means that state of the art protection will be theirs for three months, completely free.

IT, Mobile, Security 3

Ditching the Desktop for Child Check-in

Posted By Eric Dye on February 27, 2013

With tablet usage on the rise and the necessity of child security in today’s ministry, many churches are looking for alternate ways to handle their check-in system. The growing trend to “ditch the desktop” and move to a more flexible and freeform version of the check-in system can leave you with a few headaches as you find there are limitations to wireless setups. This can result in you scratching your head at questions like “How do I get my iPad to communicate with my church data?” “Can I just use my iPad to check kids into class?” and “how do I print check-in labels from my mobile device without a computer?”

If you’re in the ring and fighting for child security in your ministry, these questions are simply hurdles; they’re not roadblocks. By the Book has a great software solution to help you surmount all three in one punch.

CMS, IT, Security, WordPress 4

WordPress Spam Killing Akismet Alternatives

Posted By James Cooper on February 26, 2013

Recently I wrote a post about some tips for making your WordPress site more secure.

Now that your site is all secure, you might want to tackle another bane of running a site – comment spam!

Do you despise it as much as I do!?!

If you’ve got a WordPress site, I’m sure you’ll have seen that it comes with the ‘Akismet‘ plugin. Akismet is a spam killing system that’s running by Automattic, the company that ‘looks after’ WordPress (and runs the hosted WordPress solution wordpress.com).

Akismet can do a great job, but there are a couple of things that can make it less attractive:

IT, Security 7

Are Passwords Obsolete?

Posted By Eric Dye on February 21, 2013

When was the last time you’ve changed your password?

Do you have the same password for multiple accounts?

In 2011, the number of data breaches in the United States increased by 67%! It seems like we may need to find a new way to make our websites, email and online accounts more secure.

Just look at these numbers:

IT, Security 3

Getting Hacked Is More Common Than You Think [Infographic]

Posted By Eric Dye on February 19, 2013

Getting hacked is more common than you think.

After going through this infographic, I was actually a little surprised to see just how common “hackery” is!

More reason to have a strong password and not a weak one.

Check this out:

CMS, Code, IT, Security, Servers, WordPress 2

Are You Exposing Your Website Database Password?

Posted By Eric Dye on February 14, 2013

you did what

Exposing or making it easy for someone to get your database username and password could be more than detrimental, it could be tragic!

Not only could your website be completely highjacked, it could also be deleted. All that hard work–gone!

I never thought I could be someone like this. Only n00bs do this–right?

Wait.

What?

Computers, IT, Mobile, Security 10

Auto Lock Your Mac When You Step Away

Posted By Eric Dye on February 6, 2013

Have you ever had your social media account hijacked when you stepped away from your computer?

Or how about loosing an entire blog post because one of your children decided to “be like Daddy” and type while you were in the other room?

There are all kinds of scenarios that could arise, from comical to serious, where needing to ‘lock down’ your computer when stepping away would be helpful. Well now you can, automatically, with Keycard.

IT, Security, Web 0

WikiCancel – AKA: How to Quit the Gym

Posted By Eric Dye on January 29, 2013

“I want to quit the gym!,” rings through my head every time I try to cancel an online subscription. It’s a line from an old Friends episode where one of the characters tries to quit his gym membership and has the hardest time doing so.

For both online security reasons and to keep your inbox tidy, it’s a good idea to cancel any accounts that you have hanging around that you’re not using. I know I do!

Here’s where WikiCancel can really help:

CMS, IT, Security, Web, WordPress 5

WordPress – How Do You Secure Yours?

Posted By James Cooper on January 25, 2013

Recently I posted about a hole in a very popular caching plugin for WordPress that could make some sensitive bits of your site ‘gettable’ by naughty people (not something you want!).

That got me thinking about WordPress security in general and how I keep my sites secure. I thought it would also be interesting, and very useful, to find out how other people also look after their sites.

So let’s get into some security. Continue Reading…

IT, Security 6

The Future of Healthcare Data [Infographic]

Posted By Eric Dye on January 24, 2013

My first reaction to seeing this infographic on the convergence of personal medical data and technology is a negative one. Maybe it’s the roller coaster of privacy policies from Facebook, Google and others that have jaded me a little.

Considering the tug-of-war that’s occurred between social networks and what we like and what we’re doing, I can only imagine the stakes would be even higher when it comes to our medical data.

On the flip side, however, I could see huge benefits in manipulating the medical information of the masses for the greater good.

Take a look at this and tell me what you think:

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