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December 21st, 2003, 08:25 PM
Link to story: http://webtalkguys.com/122003.shtml
-{ Quote: "Risks of Shopping online: What Consumers Need to Know about Cyber security
A conversation with Kraig Lane, group product manager at Symantec
By Dana Greenlee, Co-Host WebTalkGuys Radio
The holidays are upon us and online shopping this year is up 55 percent over last year. Millions of people are trusting the Internet and the Web to do more of their shopping.
With more e-shopping comes some online security risks from which to protect yourself.
Kraig Lane understands that it takes integrated security to ward off the bad guys. Lane is group product manager at Symantec, the makers of Norton computer security software products like Norton AntiVirus.
Kraig took a few minutes this week to bring us up to speed on the current cyber security threats and some good tips to have a safe online shopping experience and to keep our computers safe and secure from those worms, viruses and hackers roaming the Internet year-round looking for unsecured computers.
Q: Let’s talk about some of the real threats online users face. What should Internet users really be concerned about now, especially during the holidays with online shopping and giving out personal information?
Kraig: This is a great time to think about security. I always remind people that the first thing is to use the same kind of common sense they use when shopping in physical stores. If it is hard to find a Website’s...
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-{ Quote: "Risks of Shopping online: What Consumers Need to Know about Cyber security
A conversation with Kraig Lane, group product manager at Symantec
By Dana Greenlee, Co-Host WebTalkGuys Radio
The holidays are upon us and online shopping this year is up 55 percent over last year. Millions of people are trusting the Internet and the Web to do more of their shopping.
With more e-shopping comes some online security risks from which to protect yourself.
Kraig Lane understands that it takes integrated security to ward off the bad guys. Lane is group product manager at Symantec, the makers of Norton computer security software products like Norton AntiVirus.
Kraig took a few minutes this week to bring us up to speed on the current cyber security threats and some good tips to have a safe online shopping experience and to keep our computers safe and secure from those worms, viruses and hackers roaming the Internet year-round looking for unsecured computers.
Q: Let’s talk about some of the real threats online users face. What should Internet users really be concerned about now, especially during the holidays with online shopping and giving out personal information?
Kraig: This is a great time to think about security. I always remind people that the first thing is to use the same kind of common sense they use when shopping in physical stores. If it is hard to find a Website’s...
.
.
." }-