Your business and personal life could be at risk. You receive a spam email stating that unless you send money now, you will be exposed on the internet. Worst of all, they quoted a password that you use or have used for business and personal transactions. Your knee-jerk reaction is panic.
What Do You Do?
First, settle down. Tear yourself off the ceiling and pull your knuckles from the arms of your chair. Take a few deep breaths and breathe. #Relax just a little. Most of these emails have been determined to be false, and that is a high probability nothing will happen. But that doesn’t mean you don’t have a problem.
Second, you need to fix your #security breach. One that you created because you lacked strategic and tactical thinking and planning on how to deal with this issue. Sorry, I know that hurts. But you have to accept responsibility and accountability for your mistake.
Understand the Strategic Connection
#Strategic #planning is not just about building your #business through revenue enhancement. It is also about understanding your business processes and technology. Often leveraging technology to grow the business. As we dig deeper into the tactical aspects of your strategic plans and #technology it is important you know that your business and you personally are secure. You need to have a security plan as part of your strategic plan and the ability to test your technology, especially your emails and passwords. Once you know if this information has been breached, then you can take action securing access to your business and personal life with a secure password system.
In working with clients on their strategic plans, I hear the stories of security breaches. The stories that never get told to their business world. Whether you are a busy executive, business owner, or professional, you need to know something about your security. It is your responsibility. Here are some handy information and sites that should be part of your overall strategic and tactical business and personal plans that include email and password security checks and tools to help you protect your life. When we talk technology security, we are talking about your life on a multitude of levels.
You might be surprised what you will find out. Once you have checked all your email accounts and passwords you might want to consider using secure password storage and generator software. If you are not sure which security option is right for you, I have added DottoTech from YouTube for you. I have been following his work since the mid-1990’s. He does an awesome job explaining how to use various technology tools.
Educate Yourself on Your Security
Check Your Passwords: https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords
Check Your Email Addresses: https://haveibeenpwned.com/
Best Free Password Manager 2018: https://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/the-best-password-manager-1325845
DottoTech – Tech Made Easy: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9BqPtCcSyHvQsbl2rumM4w
Final Thoughts
I hope this helps you secure your business and personal life. The best way to be #SETforSuccess in anything you do is to take #action. This is important. So take action, now.
Don’t forget to do your best, invest in the success of others and make your journey count. Be #SETforSuccess
Richard.
