Security
Security.

Make sure you are sleeping soundly and not worrying about data breaches and other security problems for you or your business!
Security.

Make sure you are sleeping soundly and not worrying about data breaches and other security problems for you or your business!
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Antivirus software

Avira is good: It runs smoothly without many pop-ups or other interference in your desktop work, and has a first rate virus detection rate.
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Securing your files: 'Backup' schedulers

Here are a few disk backup programs for Windows and Mac systems. 

Many applications will these days backup data to both local disks and to a secure, encrypted, 'cloud' location over a network, so that the system is fail-safe even if your local backup disk fails. 
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Disk data recovery

When drives fail it is not always the end. Data retrieval from faulty or damaged drives can be the work of a rapid scan or in-depth forensics. 

Here are some tools for the regular day-to-day disk failures. 
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Hard-drive Disk or Partition encryption

Especially when travelling, it is reassuring to know that if you unfortunately lose a disk in a café or on a train, that it is fully secured.

I use a free encryption service which offers exactly that kind of protection.
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Remote working securely

Working over networks will always run the risk of your data getting intercepted: Whether by identity fraudsters, employees of digital companies, or others. 

This can apply for your emails, instant messaging, file transfers, or file storing and sharing. Many applications exist to secure your data while working over networks.
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Managing passwords

It is ill-advised to use the same password everywhere, but it can become very confusing with a different log-in for each and every service. Automated password managers such as Dashlane exist, but these slow down browsing time, create more screen distractions, and are not always able to log you in to certain kinds of online locations.

One solution is to keep your passwords between sites similar, but not actually the same.
Tip:

Keep the same common first 6-8 characters or so, a text string with both upper and lower case in, aswell as 2+ numbers, and a punctuation symbol and use this everywhere as the "stem" of your password. Then for each service add 1-3 extra characters corresponding to that service to create a unique but memorable password. 

So for example the common part, or stem, could be: $a1F0rdU which will satisfy most password requirements.

Then add extra characters to every service you sign up for, for example, you could add: 

fa9 for Facebook, giving $a1FordUfa9
tw9 for Twitter, giving $a1FordUtw9
di9 for Disqus, giving $a1FordUdi9

As the text strings for each service are unique, if there is a data breach on just one of the services you are signed up for exposing your password there, it's unlikely to be copied across to your other services. 

No methods are perfect(!) but combining a complex common start phrase to a memorable varying ending like this should be pretty resilient under most situations.
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