Sys Guard

A new year means a new time to take stock of where you’ve been and where you’re going. One of the things you can do is take a life inventory and see how well you are protecting yourself from identity theft. Are you taking all of the following actions? 1. Checking your credit report at [...]

Device reputation spots online evildoers by examining the computer, smartphone, or tablet they are using to connect to any website. If a device is recognized as having previously committed some type of unwanted behavior, the website has the opportunity to reject the transaction, preventing damage before it occurs. In the physical world, as the saying [...]

There is no such thing as one size fits all. Today, we have more variety and choice than in the first 1950 years of modernity combined. Why? Because we want it! Transportation fueled by oil and gasoline along with big box retailers and suburbia all transformed life as we know it and choice became an [...]

Sources say an identity theft crime ring fraudulently purchased roughly $1 million dollars’ worth of merchandise from Apple Stores.   Stolen credit card numbers were allegedly used to produce phony credit cards that were used to purchase iPhones, iPads, Macbooks and other products. On Tuesday eight defendants have reportedly been arraigned.   The arrests are expected to [...]

If you have a home security system, you know the pain associated with false alarms. I have set this thing off at least a 100 times and then I have to run like a gazelle to the keypad to shut it off then wait for alarm central to call me so I can give them [...]

So I have the new ADT Pulse system. It’s pretty amazing. I’ve had a “plain old” system for the past 15 years, which has been upgraded 3 times. The standard home alarm system covers monitoring, doors, windows, motion and glass. This system has all that plus wireless cameras inside, remote controlled thermostats, remote controlled/timed light [...]