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10 Security Commandments |
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| Protect
your PC |
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Install
antivirus software and keep it up to date at all times. Failure to
update antivirus software is the same as not having it; |
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Use
a firewall to filter Internet traffic entering and leaving your computer; |
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Keep
on the watch for security updates provided by reliable software manufacturers
and apply them in accordance with the instructions supplied; |
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Protect your information |
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Don't access, through links, any sites that require you to provide personal or confidential/ sensitive information or allow you to carry out banking transactions. Always type in the full address of the site that you want to access in the respective bar; |
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Never provide confidential or personal data by electronic mail or by any other means, even if the request is made by an apparently legitimate source; |
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Don't
provide identity or other confidential information without confirming
that the site is secure. Check that the address begins with https://
followed by the respective name of the required site and that the
page shows a padlock in the lower or upper toolbar; |
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Don't
open electronic mail messages without checking the identity of the
sender and the subject. If you have any doubt as to the origin of
the message delete it immediately and don't open any file or
attachment it may contain; |
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Don't be misled |
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Don't be misled by actions of others associated with what is
known as "social engineering" or "art of misleading",
which use "seduction techniques" to obtain information
of a personal and/or confidential nature (e.g., passwords, identification
numbers such as ID card or Taxpayer card numbers), to be used illegitimately
at a later time; |
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Use Access Codes judiciously |
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Don't pick obvious identification codes or ones that can easily
be guessed (e.g.: 111111; 123456, password). Memorise them and never
give them to third parties; |
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Define different passwords to access secure sites (e.g.: Homebanking)
and for sites that don't require great concern as to security. |
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