Morgan Wright, Cybersecurity Expert Shares Strategies and Tips to Protect Yourself and Family While on Vacation
If you are making plans for a family vacation, you not only have to pack and make sure your home is safe and secure while you are away, but today, you have to make sure cyber criminals aren’t trying to steal your identity while you are on vacation.
Anyone who uses a computer, tablet or mobile device in a hotel room, lobby or cyber café can be a victim of identity theft. No one is safe, regardless of age or geographic location.
A leading cyber security threat report reveals that identity theft, digital extortion and data corruption have increased dramatically over the last year. The reason: because it’s so easy.
Too few people are aware of basic security measures for protecting their devices from theft and malware, and their data and personal information corruption, extortion and theft.
Cybersecurity expert Morgan Wright discusses strategies for vacationers this summer and his Top 10 Summer Vacation Cybersecurity Tips. He addresses how to protect yourself and family while using:
- Public Wi-Fi networks
- Encryption and password protection
- Bluetooth vulnerability
- Social media threats
- Malware in apps
- Use of credit cards, online banking and ATM machines when abroad
ABOUT: Morgan Wright spent the first 17 years of his career in state and local law enforcement as a highly decorated officer, state trooper and detective in Salina, KS.  In 2000, he left for Washington, DC where he has spent the last 15 years leading investigations and creating solutions to prevent major cybersecurity attacks on behalf of the U.S. Departments of Justice, Defense and Homeland Security and of several private sector clients.  He has served in global executive leadership positions for companies such as CISCO and Alcatel-Lucent; in senior consulting positions for BearingPoint and Unisys; and as an information security director for SAIC.
This interview is provided by Morgan Wright Consulting
