How to Safeguard Our Personal and Financial Data

Today’s changing environment had affects the way for everyone to maintain their information. Whether the information in a data file or hard copy paper records, all organizations need to be able to capture and retrieve information, usually at a moment’s notice. However, how can we safeguard our personal and financial data?

There are few ways I suggested to protect our personal data

• Password access
  

• We can use the password system to lock our data so that it won’t be too easy to let people access into our data.
  

• Identify where the data is stored
  

• Our sensitive or confidential data are kept nicely and put in specific places within the network or computer. These network shares, hard drivers, servers, or system folders can have their specific method to keep them more secure. Whenever possible, store there data on the devices that are physically secured. We can allowed only the authorized individuals to access into there devices and monitor access to there devices whenever possible.
  

• Restrict network or shared access
  

• We don’t allow anyone access into there sensitive and personal data unless they specifically require to access. We limit it to only those who really need it can limit the risk of both accidental and malicious exposure. By this, we not only protecting the data, but also protecting out organization.
  

• Temporary data storage
  

• If we really wan to store our personal data on a memory stick, laptop or other device temporarily, remove those data from devices once finished. We must ensure that the data are totally erased but not just deleted.
  

• Use separate local or network accounts
  

• By using separate accounts, we can be assigned very specific access rights and privileges. Using separate accounts with differing access levels limits the potential for accidental or malicious data exposure.

For safeguarding the financial data

• Use a credit card with a small limit
  

• Nowadays, the dishonest sales clerk can easily use our credit card information. If we reduce the credit limit of the card, at least thieves won’t be able to rack up many bills before hitting a wall.
  

• Review monthly statements
  

• By reviewing our monthly statements, it can alert to possible fraudulent charges. Sometimes, we can find out also the legitimate charges for services that are either redundant or no longer necessary.
  

• Choose PIN wisely
  

• While we want to choose something easier for us to remember, we normally will choose the Pin likes our birth date or identity card no. By then, it was giving the chance for the thief to break our password. For more secured, we offer users to use the combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, number, and symbols.
  

• Protect computer’s security
  

• We can use as many tools as can (anti-virus software, spy ware, firewalls and password) to guard computer information from nefarious. Failing to protect computer is just as bad as leaving your door unlocked.