Author: Uma Iyer

Uma currently works as a delivery lead in a leading bank managing anti-money laundering projects. She started her career setting up and managing data centers and disaster recovery centers moving on to setting up niche healthcare business analysis teams. She would like to share her experiences and best practices across industries in view of a common user. The comments reflect the author's views and not the bank or Sify's.

There were 4.62 billion social media users around the world in January 2022. This figure is equal to 58.4 percent of the world’s total population My kid went on a school trip for 4 days and I kept insisting that they keep in touch at least once a day. By no means am I an ‘uncool’ parent. A day in, no message came but the trip organiser confirmed all is well. But the nosey mother that I am, I messaged my kids on iMessage and had no response. However, I did see a lot of snapchat notifications, leading me…

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Age and generation gap has a big contribution to phishing attacks YOU JUST NEED TO CLICK THIS LINK TO GET £100 FOR READING THIS ARTICLE. If you have clicked on the LINK above, you must read further. Even if you did not, I am sure we can share some nuggets around how to identify and safeguard from Phishing attacks. ‘You owe IRS tax returns, click here to avoid penalty’ ‘You have been left an inheritance of 1 million dollars from your relative’ ‘Your parcel delivery is awaiting collection at the post office’ These may be familiar statements on your messages, emails, sometimes even physical…

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Free things are never free. All free applications have a cost, your data and your privacy! Do your kids know that? Let’s do a quick quiz before we begin: How many times have you read the Terms and conditions before signing up to a free app on an account on your device? How many times have you checked your security and privacy settings on your device? Do you know you can set up screen time or application control on your device for your teens? If the answer to any of the above is never or don’t know, then, you never…

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