the Department of Homeland Security recently had a valuable post regarding best practices related to staying protected in our increasingly connected mode of living. In his October, 2015 blog, Andy Ozment, Assistant Secretary, Cybersecurity and Communications observed that most of us have developed a very close relationship with our mobile devices: we carry them with…
This past Wednesday evening the NYS Society of CPAs hosted nearly 200 professionals as one and all enjoyed an evening of networking, good food, and a fantastic presentation by the one and only Coach Marv Levy. Coach Levy’s program shared insights not only from his years as one of the most successful NFL coaches ever–taking…
Halloween has come and gone another year but before we move on to Thanksgiving, here’s one more spooky topic to consider. A recent post by Carol Kando-Pineda , Counsel at the FTC’s Division of Consumer & Business Education, we are reminded that we must consider the “life after death” of our virtual accounts. Kando-Pineda recognizes…
Thanks to all who came out in support of our 3rd Annual Poughkeepsie-Arlington Rotary Shred Event. With strong support from Rotarians throughout the area and a generous public we helped raise over $1500! Along the way, we also helped save approximately 40 trees and 6 cubic yards of landfill. Special thanks to our fundraising chair…
Rebroadcasting again a valuable post from one of our favorite resources–OnGuard On-line, this week’s post is an adaptation of a recent article by FTC Consumer Education Specialist Aditi Jhaveri. It turns out, October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and it’s a great time to be #CyberAware. The Organization has crafted several resources to help…
This week’s blog is adapted from a recent article by Lisa Gerstner from Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. She addresses what to do of your personal computer, smartphone, or other device is lost or stolen. We all know these devices are embedded with a treasure trove of personal information. A thief who steals your device may be…
In our never-ending effort to keep our community informed of the best practices is identity theft protection, this week we adapt a recent post from the “Stop. Think. Connect.” blog posted by the Department Of Homeland Security. The post explains how important it is that we recognize that we now live in a “smart world,”…
As we embark on a new school year, we’d like to “school” our blog community with some tips for how to tell one shredding service apart from another. We encourage all businesses and individuals wherever they are and how small or large the service to THINK LOCAL FIRST. Local businesses like HV Shred are more…
Continuing with our theme of best practices for identity theft protection and building on last week’s post of strong passwords, this week we highlight those security questions. This post too is adapted from a recent post on OnGuard On Line by Whitney Merrill Legal Fellow, Division of Privacy and Identity Theft Protection, FTC. If you…
Best practices for identity theft protection is a theme of our HV Shred Blog. A recent post on On-Guard On-Line by Whitney Merrill Legal Fellow, Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, FTC is a good refresher when it comes to password common sense. When the time comes to create another password, be sure it a…