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Safe and Secure
Michael L White - [email protected]
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n this article I want to discuss the necessity of maintaining a safe and
secure online presence, which may translate into a safe and secure
offline presence as well. With so many reports of hackers breaking
through the defenses of credit card companies and military databases in
recent years, this is no insignificant topic.
You may be wondering what this has to do
with digital evangelism, but let me hasten to
explain that online security is essential to any
endeavor on the Web (including digital evangelism) because if your computer is breached by
some nefarious method and either taken out of
commission or plundered by data thieves, how
will you continue your digital outreach and presentation of the Gospel of Salvation? It’s kind of
hard to engage lost souls via the Internet if your
computer is offline or if you’re preoccupied with
recovering from the consequences of personal
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identity theft.
In the limited space I have available here,
I want to address what I consider to be the top
three security issues facing computer users today.
If you will implement these three recommendations, as a minimum, you will potentially spare
yourself a lot of heartache and headache. They
are: 1) access security; 2) password strength and
security; and 3) protection from malware.
First and foremost is the issue of access security. By “access security” I mean maintaining a
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