Brad Deflin
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What Is a VPN and Do You Actually Need One?
A VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a tool that encrypts your internet traffic and hides your activity from anyone who might be watching on the same...
Without encryption, you should assume all you do on free WiFi is part of a public conversation. Anyone can watch you enter passwords, communicate with clients and colleagues, shop, bank - all of it is easily monitored and recorded by anyone else using the same network. This vulnerability opens a score of billions of potential victims, and forms the foundation for the future of crime. From street level thieves, to professional criminal cartels around the world - everyone is getting in on it for the easy money that will stand as their lowest hanging fruit for many years to come. Using VPN software makes you and your online activities invisible to them all.
Click here to view "An Introduction to VPNs".
To see how a VPN uses software to automatically encrypt and protect all of your online activities, on every network anywhere in the world, watch our short video "An Introduction to VPNs".
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Read more about VPNs "Using a VPN - The Before and After".
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The Difference Between IT Support and Personal Cybersecurity (And Why It Matters)
If you work at a company with an IT department or if you’ve hired a local IT person for your business, you might feel like your cybersecurity is...
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What Your Financial Advisor Isn’t Telling You About Cybersecurity
Your financial advisor works hard to protect your investments. They research. They diversify. They monitor markets. They have teams, systems, and...