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We are one month into 2018 and who even remembers the holiday? Nonetheless – good luck with all your endeavours, adventures and challenges this year.

One of these challenges should be protecting your personal information. Did you know you are continuously generating data about yourself and others on the internet? Sunday (28 January) was International Data Privacy Day – a day created to promote awareness of how we should manage our privacy in a world where information is easily accessible and can be used for both good and bad.

 
PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

After various extensive data breaches across the world over the past year the focus has been placed firmly on creating a greater awareness of protecting information.  #security
 
CYBER SECURITY
+ Latest phishing emails
+ MTN warns of new OTP scam
+ 978 million people in 20 countries lost money to cyber crime last year.
+ Strava’s privacy PR nightmare shows why you can’t trust social fitness apps to protect your data
WANT TO CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD?
Did you know you don't have to call the IT Service Desk to change and reset your password?
Now there is an alternative and faster way. #security
 
WATCH AND LEARN
+ Steve Jobs knew how to write a great email. Here's how he did it.
+ Do you have what it takes to be a cyberhero? Answer nine challenging questions to test your cybersecurity savviness and see if you can outwit the cybervillains.
ONEDRIVE FOR BUSINESS: ANONYMOUS
Information Technology recently assessed our OneDrive for Business platform to ensure that no security risks exist for our users and network. #security

 

  
IN THE NEWS
+ Keep your head up: How smartphone addiction kills manners and moods
+ Afraid of smartphones? Your parents felt the same way about TV
+ Is 2018 the year we step away from social media?
+ Understanding the Internet of me
+ New film chronicles the rise and fall of Commodore
+ For more news, follow us on Twitter
SciDataCon INTERNATIONAL DATA WEEK
The 2018 SciDataCon-International Data Week is coming to Africa for the first time and will take place from 5-8 November in Gaborone, Botswana. #news
 
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