This is not some new fangled techno-speak, it is a real tool to be used for the protection of your wireless internet network and LAN. African American SMBs have to realize that if your Internet connection is on 24/7 then your network, and it is a network that your computer is connected to, is at risk. Any business that uses the Internet to share or exchange information, news, or ideas with clients, vendors, partners, or other locations look in the reflection of your monitor and realize that your business is an unintentional (or intentional) target.
You should already be aware of all the thousands of bugs, viruses, denial of service attacks and other unfriendly items that lurk on the internet and virtually try attacking every second. It’s like having a screen door on your most valuable assets. Let’s not repeat what you know about, let’s look at a larger picture that should concern everyone – the unknown. There are attacks that go unreported for various reasons, these are the ones that the major software and hardware vendors have no clue about and can only warn you after an attack is reported.
If your files, email, identity, client or product information are important to your African American business and you cannot afford a network being down for 24 hours. Then a firewall is what should be between the internet and everything else. You need to expect an intrusion if you have a small amount or no network protection. Hackers have tools that search the Internet 24/7 looking for a vulnerable point to destroy. Overzealous marketers use similar tools to harvest information to use for spamming and unfortunately no one currently calls that a crime that we know as identity theft.
You have a deadbolt and a door lock on your front door and some even have a home security system in place. Why have a screen door latch on your home computer network, when you know there are people trying that door 24/7?
If you want to put a digital rottweiler between your home wireless network and hackers, marketers and other cyber-vandals then evaluate a strong firewall for your African American business.
Don’t have the time or resources to get your home wireless network protected and need a African American Wireless Solution Provider partner to be there for you? We can help give you your freedom back…and a whole lot more. M.D.T.G.
By: Daviyd Peterson
Posts Tagged ‘Internet Connection’
An Open Door To Your Home Wireless Internet Network Security?
February 20th, 2010Securing Your Home Network
February 20th, 2010
You have probably read about how people are able to gain access to an individual’s computer and essentially steal all their personal data. There are many ways that this can be done without the owner even knowing that someone is trawling around within their computer right under their nose. There a few simple steps that you can do to safeguard your personal information from internet predators.
Your home network is your first step to securing your personal data from the outside. You should have a secure perimeter network that stops any potential intruders from accessing your data. It is by far better to stop intruders at the perimeter rather than at your computer. Make sure that you have a hardware firewall enabled at the point where your home equipment connects to your internet connection. Hardware firewalls are more difficult to hack and do a good job of keeping unwanted eyes from seeing your personal computer.
A hardware firewall for homes normally comes in the form of a router. Some people have a modem connected to their internet connection but these do not come with a hardware firewall and are not secure. Make sure that you are using a router with a hardware firewall between your computer and the internet connection. If you are not sure which one has been supplied by your service provider, have a look at the original documentation or phone your service provider and ask them.
Most routers provided by internet service providers are wireless. This means that if you have a laptop, you can connect to the internet using a wireless network card from your laptop to the router, and finally out onto the internet. Even if you don’t have a laptop and use a desktop computer, the router from your service provider will still have the wireless functionality enabled. This wireless connection broadcasts a name called an SSID. This can be picked up by any wireless device normally within a 50m radius of your home. You need to make sure that the wireless broadcast is switched off if you do not use it. If you have a laptop and use it to connect to the internet wirelessly, make sure that it uses an encryption key to secure all communications. The older type of encryption is WEP and is now less secure; you should be using WPA which is more secure. Read the documentation that came with the router on how to configure encryption on your router.
By: Mike JJ Johnson
How to Set Up Your Home Network
February 2nd, 2010
If you have multiple gadgets you use at home and would like to get them connected to increase their productivity and efficiency, what are the options you have? There are many questions which pop up- how to set up a home network? Is it safe? Is it expensive? Can home networking be maintained hassle free? Would I be able to fix any networking issue which arises in future? Home Networking allows you to connect all your computers to the Internet through a single connection. Are you planning to build or rebuild an existing home network? It doesn’t have to be tough or complicated, if you use our product.
A home network is a residential local area network used for communication between digital devices deployed at home such as personal computers, printers etc. Most of the computers have inbuilt networking capabilities. A home network allows connecting and sharing various digital devices at home. You can set up a home network with or without internet access using various combination’s of computer hardware and software.
With the advancement in technology, it has become extremely convenient to set up home networking which allows you to connect and share the digital devices you use at home and be in full control of your network. The available software allows you not only to add new devices to your home network but also allows you troubleshoot networking issues and also learn how to avoid such issues in future. It also makes your home networking safe by prohibiting unauthorised access to your files and documents stored on your computer.
Our Software product is focused on creating, managing, and securing everything related to your home network, devices, and computers. The software comes with an interactive tool which helps you set up your home networking by guiding you through a step by step process. The software wizard helps you to set up a home networking allowing you to share your printers, your files, your internet connection as well as all your other devices across all of your different computers. It will not only help you set up your home network but at the same time help you secure it. To make things simple, the software comes along with step by step videos to do it all by yourself in a few minutes. It works for both PCs and Macs allowing you to set up your home network irrespective of the computer you use.
How many times have you found yourself in a situation where you wished you could access the other computer at home to retrieve a file or use a printer attached to the other PC, play multi-player computer games, or most importantly share your broadband Internet access with the other PC ? You can do all this and more by setting up home networking. You can share Internet access or files and documents with everyone in your house, when you set up a fast and easy home networking. It helps you to unlock the true power of your computer.
By: Amaan Goyal
