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IN THE HEADLINES: Tis the Season for 2012 Security Predictions

Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● December 30, 2011

At this time every year, security experts around the world can be guaranteed to do at least two things: reflect on the past year, the major security events and troubling trends, and what we’ve learned; and look forward to the next year with a whole host of security predications. And probably none of them good. [...]

Parenting for the Digital Native: Part 2 — Securing Data on our Apple Tech

Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● December 19, 2011

In Part One of our Parenting for a Digital Native series, we took a moment to lock down our Apple device of choice —iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch — so that younger Digital Native would not have access to content far from being child-friendly, as well as preventing certain sensitive data to be shared without [...]

Parenting for the Digital Native: Part 1 — Making Apple Tech Kid Friendly

Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● December 12, 2011

My child, the Digital Native. Her grandfather (my dad) is constantly amazed at what she can accomplish on the iPad. He claims it’s because the apple (pardon the pun) isn’t falling far from the tree. “I can’t do what you do,” my Dad tells me often. “You just sit behind a computer and just figure [...]

Spring: A Season for Sun, Students, and Scams

Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● March 11, 2011

March ushers in warmer temperatures, a deep-seeded passion for college hoops, and a change from the bleakness of Winter to something brighter and livelier. March also means students begin planning for their Spring Break destinations. Some may head down south to Key West or even further into the tropics. Some may set their week-long respite [...]

Protecting Your New Toys (and the Data They Store)

Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● January 10, 2011

Welcome to the New Year! Around this time resolutions are made (and forgotten) and people are working on mastering their “big gift” from the holidays. If your Wish List included items from the Top Ten Most Wanted of 2010 Christmas Gifts, chances are you found an iPad under your tree, or an iPhone, Droid, or [...]

The IDGuardian Podcast: Episode #012 — iPad Precautions

Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● July 8, 2010

Welcome to the IDGuardian Podcast. These audio and video columns can be listened and or viewed to in a variety of ways: Through the blog via the media player found in this blogpost Through a manual download by clicking on the “Download” link By subscribing through iTunes This episode features Neal O’Farrell, an expert on [...]

Weekly News Wrap-Up for 11 June 2010

Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● June 11, 2010

iPad owners targeted by hackers It was just a few weeks ago that security experts announced the first ever virus targeted at an Apple iPad, only to admit very quickly that it wasn’t really targeted at the iPad but iPad owners. There’s always a time lag between the launch of an exciting new product and [...]

Footprints to a College Graduate’s Profile (Part III)

Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● April 14, 2010

With graduation season closing in, we have presented commentary on the graduate’s Social Media and Credit Footprints, long-lasting impressions that can make an impact on a person’s reputation particularly in the working world. If you are graduating, or know someone who is about to take that walk to accept academic accolades, extend to them this [...]


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