{"id":2061,"date":"2010-12-18T07:21:15","date_gmt":"2010-12-18T15:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=2061"},"modified":"2012-04-04T07:49:44","modified_gmt":"2012-04-04T14:49:44","slug":"six-free-ways-to-stay-secure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2010\/six-free-ways-to-stay-secure\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Free Ways to Stay Secure"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Each year, consumers and businesses spend a considerable amount on security-oriented software and\/or services. As January approaches, and with it the end of the fiscal year not to mention lowered bank balances and exhausted budgets due in part to a spate of December gift-giving, it\u2019s easy to find oneself or one\u2019s business a bit short on funds. Fortunately, you don\u2019t necessarily need to spend money for top-notch security software. If you resolve to stay secure in the New Year, here are a half-dozen no-cost ways to do it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>His main points:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Go Gratis for Anti-Virus\/Anti-Malware\n<li>Encrypt Your Data\n<li>Start Using Real Passwords\n<li>Keep Your Software Patched\n<li>Switch Your DNS\n<li>Go Virtual<\/ol>\n<p>For the details, please take the time to read (and act on) what Joseph Moran says here: <a href='http:\/\/www.esecurityplanet.com\/views\/article.php\/3916841\/6-Free-Ways-to-Stay-Secure-in-the-New-Year.htm'>6 Free Ways to Stay Secure in the New Year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, consumers and businesses spend a considerable amount on security-oriented software and\/or services. As January approaches, and with it the end of the fiscal year not to mention lowered bank balances and exhausted budgets due in part to a spate of December gift-giving, it\u2019s easy to find oneself or one\u2019s business a bit short &#8230; <a title=\"Six Free Ways to Stay Secure\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2010\/six-free-ways-to-stay-secure\/\" aria-label=\"More on Six Free Ways to Stay Secure\">Read more<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[718,424],"class_list":["post-2061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-stuff","tag-free-stuff","tag-security"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prJUJ-xf","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2061\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}