Episode 7: The Danger of Cutting Corners
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Many freelancers cut corners by using versions of software designed for the “home” user market, rather than versions for small businesses. This can be a problem when the software doesn’t have the functionality they require, especially security functionality. What can be worse is when freelancers double-down on this budget approach and load freeware onto their
Episode 5: Protecting Your Home Office From Your Smart Home
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The FBI has described the surge in IoT devices as giving bad actors—the formal term for hackers—“a virtual drive-by of your digital life.” These devices are vulnerable to bad actors and open all devices in the home to hacking. If you work from home, you need to protect your home office from your smart home.
Episode 6: Are Your Consultants & Employees Broadcasting Your Company Secrets From Their Home Offices?
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On today’s podcast, we address the question: Are your consultants and employees broadcasting your company secrets from their home offices? Are your contractors, consultants, and employees adequately protecting your sensitive information and intellectual property when they work from home? As we have reported before, smart home devices with speakers—for example, Siri, Alexa, Amazon Echo, Google
Episode 4: The Freelancer’s Guide to Passwords & Encryption
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In today’s episode, I review password and encryption options so you can select and apply the best option for securing your projects. This topic is especially relevant now. With the sudden shift to remote work back in the spring, cybercrime has spiked as bad actors have taken full advantage of these security vulnerabilities that have
Episode 3: Have You Been Pwned?
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On today’s episode we ask, “Have you been pwned?” More likely than not, yes you have, which means information about you is available on the dark web. What’s the dark web? It’s where data—from passwords to social security numbers and credit card information—is bought and sold, fueling cybercrime. It’s the big data for what has
Welcome to The Freelancer’s Guide to Cybersecurity Podcast!
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The Freelancer’s Guide to Cybersecurity isn’t a scary true crime podcast—although one colleague did tell me the Freelancer’s Guide to Cybersecurity webinar “scared the sh*t” out of her—but it is a brief weekly podcast that will teach you things like how to learn exactly what information about you is for sale on the dark web, or how frequently your digital assistant mistakenly turns on and records you during the day, stuff like that. The Freelancer’s Guide to Cybersecurity shines a bright light on all the digital problems you didn’t know you had…and how to fix them.
Episode 2: Change the Locks
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Why do people who no longer work with or for you have access to your online accounts? Whether they are project files in the cloud or your website, why do people with whom you no longer collaborate have access? In this episode, we discuss why that’s risky and how to quickly and easily “change the locks” to safeguard your business and your privacy.
Episode 1: 7 Easy Steps for Working Securely from Home
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Whether you have a home-based business or are working from home for the foreseeable future due to the pandemic, your working-from-home setup is likely far less secure than you think. Here are 7 easy steps for working securely from home.
How to Protect Sensitive Files: A Guide to Passwords & Encryption
Do you work with sensitive client data? Have you signed an NDA requiring you to secure clients’ information? Here’s how to properly secure your computer and safeguard the intellectual property entrusted to you.
Using Firefox Containers to Maximize Privacy
Using one set of devices for work and personal business is a common practice among freelancers, consultants, entrepreneurs, and solopreneurs, and it puts your privacy at high risk. Here’s an easy way to safeguard your privacy.