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NEW YORK, May 13 /PRNewswire/ — Over a million college graduates and students will be starting a new job or internship this summer. Most of them will receive their first company computer and with that comes a brand new set of responsibilities. One of those is preventing the theft of sensitive company data and their own personal information. Every two seconds an American has their identity stolen and over 277,000,000 data records of US residents have been exposed to date, due to security breaches.
Protecting a corporate computer helps you prevent your own identity theft as well as safeguard your company from unfortunate data leakage incidents. “Parents teach us to ‘look both ways before crossing the street’ but most of us didn’t grow up hearing, ‘make sure your password contains a number’ or, ‘install the latest service pack,’” says Todd Feinman, CEO of Identity Finder, LLC — a company whose software helps prevent both of these problems. Identity Finder () here provides ten simple tips to help you protect your computer at work:
1. Your password is a form of your identity and can be used to access
your computer and all the information on it. Make sure it is at least
seven characters, contains numbers, and upper and lowercase letters. Do
not simply pick a word from the dictionary and add a number.
2. Peer-to-peer file sharing programs may allow people to access your
company’s data and steal personal and private information. Configure
these programs not to expose personal folders.
3. Microsoft releases Windows fixes weekly or monthly. Always update your
computer as soon as possible after they are released and never wait more
than a full month. These fixes plug holes that hackers know how to
exploit to gain access to your files.
4. If you set up a wireless network in your home or office, enable the
security features to prevent people from joining your network.
5. Don’t leave your laptop unattended at the bar or coffee shop. Hundreds
of thousands of laptops are stolen each year!
6. Don’t purchase anything online with your credit card unless the
website is secured with SSL, as indicated by a padlock in your web
browser.
7. Don’t click on email messages that contain hyperlinks to websites.
Close the email and type the website address in manually. Phishing
attacks are increasingly common and attempt to trick you into visiting
false websites to steal your personal information.
8. Never enter private company information on public computers such as in
a hotel, library, or at school. These systems may be infected with a
keylogger or spyware capturing everything you type.
9. Never email or instant message private company information. Those
communications are usually not secure and can be listened in upon by
other people.
10. Make sure you don’t store any personal or confidential information on
your computer unsecured. (You can run the free trial of Identity Finder
to see what private information is unsecured and vulnerable to identity
thieves.)

About:

The Identity Finder software searches through files and e-mails for personal information — such as social security numbers, passwords, and credit card details — and helps users securely shred or encrypt the data. Identity Finder, LLC is a leading niche innovator of security and privacy technologies. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in New York City, the company specializes in developing software solutions that meet business and consumer needs. The company’s products have been used by thousands of organizations in more than 40 countries.
Contact:
Fern Edison: (845-679-6319)

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Identity Finder, LLC

PITTSBURGH, April 22 /PRNewswire/ — Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos will be the guest speaker at Carnegie Mellon University diploma ceremonies for its Tepper School of Business and School of computer Science during the university’s commencement weekend, May 17-18.
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Bezos will speak to business school graduates receiving master’s and doctor’s degrees at 2 p.m., Saturday, May 17 at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, 4141 Fifth Avenue in Oakland. He will receive an honorary doctorate in science and technology during the 11 a.m. university-wide commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 18. At 1 p.m., Sunday afternoon, he will speak to graduates of the School of computer Science at the Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Avenue in Oakland.
In 1994, Bezos created a business model that leveraged the Internet’s unique ability to deliver huge amounts of information rapidly and efficiently, and founded Amazon.com Inc. Today, it is the leading online retailer.
Before heading west to start Amazon.com, Bezos worked at the juncture of computer science and finance, helping to build one of the most technically sophisticated quantitative hedge funds on Wall Street for D.E. Shaw & Co. He also led the development of computer systems that helped manage more than $250 billion in assets for Bankers Trust Company.
“Tepper School graduates around the world are renowned for their innovations within the intersection of business and technology, so it is a special privilege to host a leader whose vision both reflects and inspires our own school’s mission,” said Kenneth B. Dunn, dean of the Tepper School of Business.
“We are pleased that Jeff Bezos, an executive with a deep understanding of how computer science is transforming our world, will be sharing his insights with our graduates this year. Much of Amazon’s success stems from the sophistication of its computer and networking technology and we are proud that Amazon has hired a number of our students over the years to help build that technology,” said Randal E. Bryant, dean of the School of computer Science.
Some 58 alumni of Carnegie Mellon work for Amazon, including 16 with degrees from the School of computer Science.
Founded in 1949, the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon () is a pioneer in the field of management science and analytical decision-making. The school’s notable contributions to the intellectual community include six Nobel laureates and a consistent presence in the top tier of business school rankings. The Wall Street Journal recently ranked the Tepper School as the fifth-best business school in the United States.

Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon