{"id":133,"date":"2019-10-09T23:52:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T23:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/?p=133"},"modified":"2019-10-10T00:45:21","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T00:45:21","slug":"the-new-computer-blues-how-to-secure-your-new-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/the-new-computer-blues-how-to-secure-your-new-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Computer Blues\u2026 How To Secure Your New Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>What to do when your computer heaves it\u2019s last sigh, and caves to a fried hard drive\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We know how it feels when you\u2019re on deadline and your computer has turned on for the last time. Is it possible to even retrieve those files? Yes and no\u2026 there are numerous programs out there you can use to see if retrieving those files is possible. But if you\u2019re not exactly Mission Impossible\u2019s Ethan Hunt, there are still things you can do to protect your data files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) Backup your data \u2013 we\u2019ve said it before, we\u2019ll say it again. Use a cloud service or talk to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.securshred.com\/document_imaging_storage.php\">SecurShred<\/a> to see our suite of services catered to your sensitive data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2) Apply Available Updates IMMEDIATELY \u2013 we know, it\u2019s an inconvenience when that icon pops up, but there\u2019s a reason updates and patches come to you. Pay attention and update when you can, or better yet, turn on auto-updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3) Install a Password Manager \u2013 LastPass has a nice program that can also be used on your smartphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4) Destroy your old hard drive \u2013 Do NOT assume your computer is completely dead. While your files may look like they\u2019ve \u201cdisappeared,\u201d they could still be somewhere on the hard drive. Don\u2019t risk your sensitive data &#8211; Ship n Destroy securely destroys your old devices safely and securely. Visit shipndestroy.com to find out how cost-effective this solution is for your organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What to do when your computer heaves it\u2019s last sigh, and caves to a fried hard drive\u2026 We know how it feels when you\u2019re on deadline and your computer has turned on for the last time. Is it possible to even retrieve those files? Yes and no\u2026 there are numerous programs out there you can &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/the-new-computer-blues-how-to-secure-your-new-computer\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133\/revisions\/136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}