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  1. A recipe for storing all your passwords securely Posted in Digital Strategy, Social Media, Concocted by Jason Bagley March 25, 2010 1 comment

    Preparation / Context: You have hundreds of passwords for all the different sites you visit and you struggle to remember them all. Either that or you are using the same passwords for both your bank account and some website you once logged into because they offered you discount on an e-book ONLY if you signed up. It’s time to start taking your online passwords a little more seriously. Read Further

  2. Heavy Chef Session March 2010: Focusing on Security Posted in Heavy Chef News, Social Media, Concocted by Yolandi Janse van Rensburg March 25, 2010

    Last week Wednesday was our first Heavy Chef event in Cape Town for 2010 and what better way to start off the year than getting Justin Stanford to come and chat to us about Internet Security. Read Further

  3. A recipe for digital security: cooking up a website security certificate Posted in Digital Strategy, Website Usability, Concocted by Fred Roed March 23, 2010

    Preparation / Context: At school I was in the same year as Mark Shuttleworth. To paint a picture here, let me review our joint achievements. Mark led the school as head prefect; I led the detention list as head trouble-maker. While he was smoking Maths on the Eisteddfod leaderboard; I was smoking cigarettes behind the cricket scoreboard. Starting to see a pattern?

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  4. Interview with a Hacker Posted in Videos, Concocted by Mike Perk March 18, 2010 1 comment

    Going undercover in true Carte blanche styley, we put the word out for leads to find hackers. Everyone knew someone, but everyone was too shy (scared) to be interviewed. But in the deep forest of the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town, Southern Africa we finally found someone dabbling in the dark arts.

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  5. Heavy Chef March in Cape Town: Focusing on Security Posted in Heavy Chef News, Concocted by Yolandi Janse van Rensburg March 15, 2010

    Last year we saw an alarming rise in hacking attempts on well known blogs, websites and forums across the interwebs. It’s a scary thing being in our industry when you realise that your hard work can be accessed by some Taiwanese dude sitting in a basement in Taipei. Read Further

  6. A Winning Recipe for A Secure Facebook Profile Posted in Digital Strategy, Social Media, Concocted by Yolandi Janse van Rensburg March 8, 2010

    Facebook is a great way to stay in touch with friends and family but even more, to promote yourself and your business. With all the benefits you get from a social networking site, there are dangers too. That is why it is important to set you privacy setting. You need to protect your contact details, your conversations and anything else that you don’t want to make public to the global web. Here’s a quick 5 step recipe to quickly whip up a more secure Facebook profile: Read Further

  7. How Can You Protect Your Business’ Online Reputation? Posted in Digital Strategy, Online Reputation Management, Concocted by Yolandi Janse van Rensburg March 2, 2010 1 comment

    Online reputation management (ORM) is the analysis of your personal or professional reputation as represented by content across all types of online media channels. Fred Roed at World Wide Creative breaks this down to a more digestible chunk. “Basically, when people online write stuff about you, you should know about it fast enough to be able to respond – especially if it’s negative stuff” Fred says. So, what do you do to improve your business’ ORM? How do you deal with negative discussion or criticism? And, how do you monitor your business’ ORM online? These are a few questions often asked. Here are my answers to all these questions: Read Further