Thanksgiving is the busiest travel weekend of the year in America! We here at BizCom Global want to make sure that your personal and professional data is protected while you’re focused on celebrating with family and friends.
Whether you’re flying across the country or driving down the block, don’t let cyber criminals make a turkey out of you this year…follow these tips to travel cyber-safely!
Keeping your software and apps UP TO DATE will improve your devices’ ability to defend you and your data from cyber criminal attacks.
Update your devices
Backing up photos, videos, contacts, and other data will ensure that they are in a protected place, in case something does go wrong.
Back up your information
This is an easy way for cybercriminals to access your information. Be cautious of what you log into on public wifi – especially finances!
Don’t automatically connect to public Wi-Fi
Be careful when using public or shared devices. Make sure to completely sign out of all accounts and never save your login information.
Avoid logging in on shared devices
Phishing is when a scammer sends a fraudulent message through email, text, etc. to trick the consumer into giving sensitive information.
Watch out for phishing scammers
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is…and even with all the incentives floating around this time of year, we promise you that airline isn’t really trying to give you free flights, nor is that cute boutique hotel you passed by trying to give you an all-expenses paid weekend. Cybercriminals are sneaky and great at appearing to be innocent businesses advertising great deals…be alert to such scams, be careful what links you click on, and never give away personal information without being confident you’re communicating with the real deal.
Friendsgiving, family tradition, holidays at home…however you and yours are celebrating this Thanksgiving, we at BizCom want to wish you a joyous celebration. Many thanks to our customers, partners and vendors! Happy Thanksgiving and safe travels!
