Tech Straight Talk

It is the still life of the 21st century: a kid is glued to a screen. Tablets, mobiles, laptops, televisions, consoles, eBooks. Sometimes what worries us parents is that they spend too much time glued to that screen. Sometimes we fear that they will come across content that is not appropriate for their age. Sometimes we are concerned that they communicate inappropriately with their friends or strangers. What we often do in reaction to these fears we call control, sometimes it seems like espionage and we often judge it as overprotective. So The best parental control helps in normalization of technology to include it in the rest of the education we give them. To instill habits, understand their world, establish values ​​ and enjoy together the good that screens bring us if we know how to use them. But It is also important to know a little more about the technological alternatives that exist to help us get an idea of ​​ what they do, in case we are interested in knowing. No...

The cybersecurity have become the biggest threats in the world. The introduction of malware on all types of platforms, data theft, invasion of privacy or DDoS attacks on commercial services as well as the use of cyber espionage strategies in attacks directed against strategic companies, has been a constant in recent years and it forces users and companies to take pro-active measures to control it. In addition, the era of mobility in which we find ourselves has increased the ways of hosting information and also the way of accessing it, now possible from multiple devices. The rise of the BYOD phenomenon - despite its advantages - has increased the amount of vulnerable devices that hook up with corporate networks and have access to corporate data. Quite a challenge for IT departments. Equipment manufacturers and suppliers strive to incorporate the newest security technologies in their equipment, but these characteristics could also be insufficient if the user or professional isn't c...