The overall net security, in my view, is like a two sided coin. On one side of the coin,
we have the site owners, the service providers, the Database managers and the rest, whose
responsibility it is to secure the servers, the Databank and other facilities that make the sites
to run efficiently. The little contribution on the part of the net users being to be able to
identify and select safe, secured and trustworthy sites for their activities online.
On the other side of the coin, are the net users whose responsibility it is to protect their
browsing devices against cyber attack to optimize performance and prevent cyber attack. once
you start experiencing problems like slow running of your system, taking too long to start your
browser or save and and recall files, then, it's time to check if there are viruses and other
malware running on the system, and fix the problem. However, I want to believe that it is
always better to take proactive measures for prevention.
Some of the attacks we need to look at are viruses, root kits, phishing, spyware, keyloggers
Trojans, worms and the rest. It is unfortunate that so many people are still surfing the net
without installing the necessary software to take care of these viruses and malware in order to
scan, monitor and detect before it can enter the system and fix the problem when necessary.
in spite of the fact that, in some cases, a single software, purchased and installed, can protect
a whole range of devices owned by a man or a company at the same time.
Some of the benefits of installing software is to scan the system, and be able to detect any
malware, notify the user on steps to take to kick out the virus or malware and to fix the
problem. Some are to monitor the system for health status, and be able to fix the problem,
while some when installed are capable of recovering deleted mails and lost files and some too
can even suggest to the user how to find another software online, to open a file the system is
unable to open, install it on the system to optimize performance. There are so much more that
one can benefit from installing software to perform different tasks offline and online in order to
derive maximum performance of our browsing devices.
Have A Pleasant Experience On The Net.
Best Regard.
[ Ola - Olatunji]
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Thursday, May 22, 2014
ONLINE PRIVACY SECURITY
Like the saying goes, security is everybody's business and so all hands must be on deck
to ensure protection of users' privacy on the net. From the site owners, service providers to
net users. As a surfer myself, my concern here is how to be able to identify the trusted
certified sites by the trusted certified seal and other trust marks displayed on a site, for one to
be able to know that the site owner has taken steps to ensure protection of visitors and
consumers' privacy and personal information.
A site owner can achieve this by voluntarily investing in third party's verification, validation
and certification, as a way of assuring the visitors, prospects and consumers that the site is free
of malware infections, and other security vulnerabilities that tend to put the site users at risk,
and to reassure the site users that their transactions on the site are safe and secured by the
superior technology being deployed to protect the site users.
That said, there are many types of trust marks and trust certifications, some are targeted
towards ensuring site integrity by the third party company deploying a superior technology
to the client's site to monitor the site for security vulnerabilities, malware infections and other
security weaknesses that hackers can exploit for cyber attacks, detecting and providing solutions
to any security issues detected for the period of contract tenure.
While some other trust marks and trust certifications are targeted towards adherence to best practices in global Data Privacy Management, [ DPM ] advertising compliance controls and privacy
assessments and certification. This means that the trusted certified sites are monitored to ensure
compliance to best practices regarding the collection , storage and use of consumers' personal
information on their websites and apps, and also to ensure the sites are transparent and
accountable to the practices outlined in the privacy policy of the sites.
Whichever way, it's a win-win situation, because a trusted certified site will earn consumers
confidence, gain respect and increase prospect conversion rate which translates to more sales
for the site, while the informed visitors to the site will have no fear transacting business on the
site, knowing the site owner is committed to ensuring consumers' protection on the site.
Have A Pleasant Experience On The Net.
Best Regards
[ Ola - Olatunji ]
to ensure protection of users' privacy on the net. From the site owners, service providers to
net users. As a surfer myself, my concern here is how to be able to identify the trusted
certified sites by the trusted certified seal and other trust marks displayed on a site, for one to
be able to know that the site owner has taken steps to ensure protection of visitors and
consumers' privacy and personal information.
A site owner can achieve this by voluntarily investing in third party's verification, validation
and certification, as a way of assuring the visitors, prospects and consumers that the site is free
of malware infections, and other security vulnerabilities that tend to put the site users at risk,
and to reassure the site users that their transactions on the site are safe and secured by the
superior technology being deployed to protect the site users.
That said, there are many types of trust marks and trust certifications, some are targeted
towards ensuring site integrity by the third party company deploying a superior technology
to the client's site to monitor the site for security vulnerabilities, malware infections and other
security weaknesses that hackers can exploit for cyber attacks, detecting and providing solutions
to any security issues detected for the period of contract tenure.
While some other trust marks and trust certifications are targeted towards adherence to best practices in global Data Privacy Management, [ DPM ] advertising compliance controls and privacy
assessments and certification. This means that the trusted certified sites are monitored to ensure
compliance to best practices regarding the collection , storage and use of consumers' personal
information on their websites and apps, and also to ensure the sites are transparent and
accountable to the practices outlined in the privacy policy of the sites.
Whichever way, it's a win-win situation, because a trusted certified site will earn consumers
confidence, gain respect and increase prospect conversion rate which translates to more sales
for the site, while the informed visitors to the site will have no fear transacting business on the
site, knowing the site owner is committed to ensuring consumers' protection on the site.
Have A Pleasant Experience On The Net.
Best Regards
[ Ola - Olatunji ]
Thursday, May 15, 2014
AUTHENTICATED TESTIMONIALS
Testimonials posted on a site are meant to convince the new prospects and visitors to the site
that the products and services of the site are genuine, however, because of the activities of some site owners that tend to make people skeptical about what they see on the net, a site owner can
take steps to prove to the visitors that his site's testimonials are truthful by purchasing the service
of a third party company to conduct an unbiased verification of the testimonials to prove to the
new visitors what the consumers are saying about the products or services provided by the site.
And the process is such that a site owner who wants to prove the truthfulness of his site's
testimonials will, after paying for the services of a third party company, send the testimonials sent
by his satisfied consumers to the third party company's site, together with their contact numbers,
and mail addresses for verification. When the third party company receives the in formations, they
will call each of them to confirm if they actually wrote the testimonials, and try to know their
individual experience with the site in question.
When the third party company is convinced that the testimonials are truthful, the company will
send the testimonials back to the site as Authenticated Testimonials, backed by the Logo of the
third party company. The benefits of this process are many among which is to build a lasting
relationship between the site, the visitors and the new prospects, and also to increase consumers
confidence in the site which will further increase conversion rate of the new prospects.
Have A Pleasant Experience On The Net.
Best Regard.
[ Ola - Olatunji ]
that the products and services of the site are genuine, however, because of the activities of some site owners that tend to make people skeptical about what they see on the net, a site owner can
take steps to prove to the visitors that his site's testimonials are truthful by purchasing the service
of a third party company to conduct an unbiased verification of the testimonials to prove to the
new visitors what the consumers are saying about the products or services provided by the site.
And the process is such that a site owner who wants to prove the truthfulness of his site's
testimonials will, after paying for the services of a third party company, send the testimonials sent
by his satisfied consumers to the third party company's site, together with their contact numbers,
and mail addresses for verification. When the third party company receives the in formations, they
will call each of them to confirm if they actually wrote the testimonials, and try to know their
individual experience with the site in question.
When the third party company is convinced that the testimonials are truthful, the company will
send the testimonials back to the site as Authenticated Testimonials, backed by the Logo of the
third party company. The benefits of this process are many among which is to build a lasting
relationship between the site, the visitors and the new prospects, and also to increase consumers
confidence in the site which will further increase conversion rate of the new prospects.
Have A Pleasant Experience On The Net.
Best Regard.
[ Ola - Olatunji ]
Thursday, May 8, 2014
How To Identify Legitimate Sites On The Web.
This post is not to say that any site that is not validated is not a legitimate site, because
we have many sites out there that are not validated, yet are legitimate and honest with whatever
they do. what I want to talk about is how to identify the sites that have passed through the process of validation, and are certified to be legitimate sites on the web.
That said, the process is such that when a site owner and the managers are committed to
earning their consumers' trust and build credibility for the site, willingly sign-up with an independent
third party company, for a fee, to verify the site's important information, such as the site's office
address, phone numbers, e-mail address, postal address, and also the privacy-policy of the site.
The reason for this verifications is to ascertain if the informations submitted by the site owner
are true and to evaluate the privacy-policy of the site, if it ensures the protection of the visitors
and consumers' private and personal informations, such as, e-mail, password, and credit-card details submitted by consumers on the site to facilitate their businesses.
When the third party company completes the verification process, contacting the site owner,
and the managers, confirming the site informations to be true, and the privacy-policy to conform
with international best practices, the third party company will then certify the site as being a
legitimate site by posting their Logo on the site as a seal of approval for a period of time during
which they will continue to monitor the site's compliant to all these best practices.
When on such a site, and you click on the validation logo,you will see the detailed
information about the validation.
Have a pleasant experience on the web.
Best Regards.
[ Ola - Olatunji ]
we have many sites out there that are not validated, yet are legitimate and honest with whatever
they do. what I want to talk about is how to identify the sites that have passed through the process of validation, and are certified to be legitimate sites on the web.
That said, the process is such that when a site owner and the managers are committed to
earning their consumers' trust and build credibility for the site, willingly sign-up with an independent
third party company, for a fee, to verify the site's important information, such as the site's office
address, phone numbers, e-mail address, postal address, and also the privacy-policy of the site.
The reason for this verifications is to ascertain if the informations submitted by the site owner
are true and to evaluate the privacy-policy of the site, if it ensures the protection of the visitors
and consumers' private and personal informations, such as, e-mail, password, and credit-card details submitted by consumers on the site to facilitate their businesses.
When the third party company completes the verification process, contacting the site owner,
and the managers, confirming the site informations to be true, and the privacy-policy to conform
with international best practices, the third party company will then certify the site as being a
legitimate site by posting their Logo on the site as a seal of approval for a period of time during
which they will continue to monitor the site's compliant to all these best practices.
When on such a site, and you click on the validation logo,you will see the detailed
information about the validation.
Have a pleasant experience on the web.
Best Regards.
[ Ola - Olatunji ]
Thursday, May 1, 2014
ENSURING SAFETY AND SECURITY ON THE WEB
There are many groups of people on the net today, whose actions and activities bring the internet to where it is today, and will determine where it is going to be in ten years and beyond.
In the first group, we have the hackers, the fraudsters, the scamers, and those that make use of virus and other malicious and destructive programs and codes for their dubious reasons.
In the second group, we have the site supervisors, the site validators, testimonial evaluators, and others who are responsible for the creation of programs and soft-wares to checkmate the activities of the first group in order to ensure online safety and internet security.
However, in between the two groups, are millions of ordinary net users who depend on the net for one thing or the other for their upward mobility in life. This group can still be divided into
two, on one hand, we have the minority group who have the technical know-how to defend themselves against all these cyber attacks, while on the other, we have the majority group running
In view of all these, one has to be Safety Conscious in order not to be a victim, and to know
what to look out for in a site before embarking on any serious business online. Some of the things to look out for include,
[1] How credible and trustworthy is the site you want to visit.
[2] In case of a marketing site, Are the testimonials displayed truthful ?
[3] Can the site ensure security of your personal and private information including Pass-words
and Credit cards details.
[4] Protection of Servers, PC, Lap Tops, and other browsing devices from cyber attacks.
All this, and other Topics will be treated in other articles later on.
Have a pleasant experience on the web
Best Regards.
] Ola - Olatunji ]
In the first group, we have the hackers, the fraudsters, the scamers, and those that make use of virus and other malicious and destructive programs and codes for their dubious reasons.
In the second group, we have the site supervisors, the site validators, testimonial evaluators, and others who are responsible for the creation of programs and soft-wares to checkmate the activities of the first group in order to ensure online safety and internet security.
However, in between the two groups, are millions of ordinary net users who depend on the net for one thing or the other for their upward mobility in life. This group can still be divided into
two, on one hand, we have the minority group who have the technical know-how to defend themselves against all these cyber attacks, while on the other, we have the majority group running
into millions of ordinary users who are exposed to all these attacks on daily basis in the courseof surfing the net. [ I happen to belong to this majority group ].
In view of all these, one has to be Safety Conscious in order not to be a victim, and to know
what to look out for in a site before embarking on any serious business online. Some of the things to look out for include,
[1] How credible and trustworthy is the site you want to visit.
[2] In case of a marketing site, Are the testimonials displayed truthful ?
[3] Can the site ensure security of your personal and private information including Pass-words
and Credit cards details.
[4] Protection of Servers, PC, Lap Tops, and other browsing devices from cyber attacks.
All this, and other Topics will be treated in other articles later on.
Have a pleasant experience on the web
Best Regards.
] Ola - Olatunji ]
Friday, April 25, 2014
HOW TO ENSURE SAFE TRANSACTIONS ONLINE
Considering the importance of internet to life, health, business, and what have you. however the net is now turning into a jungle of some sort, with all these scams, information theft, and other
insecurities, like Virus, Mal ware, Trojan and other programs that tend to make the internet somehow unsafe nowadays especially for beginners who are just trying to make ends meet.
Luckily we now have organizations, companies, and agencies trying to work-out ways to make the internet a safe and secured place for all to be and do whatever you want to be and do. but I would suggest that one needs to be careful when online in order to be able to achieve one`s objectives.
Ola - Olatunji.. infosmart.owodunni@gmail.com
insecurities, like Virus, Mal ware, Trojan and other programs that tend to make the internet somehow unsafe nowadays especially for beginners who are just trying to make ends meet.
Luckily we now have organizations, companies, and agencies trying to work-out ways to make the internet a safe and secured place for all to be and do whatever you want to be and do. but I would suggest that one needs to be careful when online in order to be able to achieve one`s objectives.
Ola - Olatunji.. infosmart.owodunni@gmail.com
HOW TO ENSURE SAFE ONLINE-BUSINESS
Considering the importance of internet to life, health, business, and what have you. however the net is now turning into a jungle of some sort, with all these scams, information theft, and other
insecurities, like Virus, Mal ware, Trojan and other programs that tend to make the internet somehow unsafe nowadays especially for beginners who are just trying to make ends meet.
Luckily we now have organizations, companies, and agencies trying to work-out ways to make the internet a safe and secured place for all to be and do whatever you want to be and do. but I would suggest that one needs to be careful when online in order to be able to achieve one`s objectives.
Ola - Olatunji.. infosmart.owodunni@gmail.com
insecurities, like Virus, Mal ware, Trojan and other programs that tend to make the internet somehow unsafe nowadays especially for beginners who are just trying to make ends meet.
Luckily we now have organizations, companies, and agencies trying to work-out ways to make the internet a safe and secured place for all to be and do whatever you want to be and do. but I would suggest that one needs to be careful when online in order to be able to achieve one`s objectives.
Ola - Olatunji.. infosmart.owodunni@gmail.com
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