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• 2009

• Information Security when Traveling Abroad
• Everything I Need to Know About Stealing Your Identity, I Learned from Facebook and MySpace
• As Tax Season Approaches, Learn More about Tax Refund and Stimulus Payment Scams
• Botnets: Is Someone Else Using Your Computer?
• With Great Storage Comes Great Responsibility

• 2008

• Watch Out for Email Spam and Scams Targeting the Presidential Election
• Internet Scammers Using Fake Phone Numbers
• Transporting Medical Records
• Encryption: The Key to Privacy and Information Security
• When Disposing of Electronic Devices, Don't Forget to Delete any Sensitive Data!

• 2007

• Understanding Medical Identity Theft
• What is Identity Theft?
• Protecting Sensitive Data is Everyone's Responsibility
• Security Updates not only for "critical" applications
• Home Broadband: High speed, but high risk
• Exercise Caution when using Public Wireless Access Points

• 2006

• Do Not Abuse your Information System Privileges
• Lessons to be Learned from Recent Data Security Breaches
• Beware of Social Engineering Attacks

• 2005

• PDA Security Tips
• Unique User Identification
• What is Protected Health Information (PHI)?
• Beware of Email Hoaxes
• Treat Paper Records & Electronic Data Equally
• Safe Web Browsing
• Passwords ...revisited
• Email Safety
• Instant Messaging or Instant Compromise?
• The Perils of P2P File Sharing

• 2004

• Safeguard your Computer from Malware
• Secure your Laptop
• Beware of Spyware
• Beware of "Phishing"
• Monitor All Visitor Activities
• Back Up your Data
• Securing your Desktop
• A Word on Passwords