{"id":55230,"date":"2016-11-16T16:56:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T16:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=55230"},"modified":"2016-11-16T16:56:59","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T16:56:59","slug":"boost-awareness-holidays-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/boost-awareness-holidays-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"64% of IT Pros Boost Security Awareness Efforts Around the Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Winter Holidays Lead to Increased Scams<\/h4>\n<p>Cyber security awareness is critical to staying safe while browsing the internet, checking emails, and even reading text messages. With holiday shoppers doing more of their transactions online, staying secure against holiday scams can be harder than ever. In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/community.spiceworks.com\/topic\/1912282-scam-alert-do-you-educate-users-of-increasing-scams-answer-for-chance-at-5\">poll<\/a> conducted by<a href=\"https:\/\/cart.pcpitstop.com\/go.asp?id=504632\"> PC Matic Pro<\/a>, it was found that 64% of IT Pros boost their security awareness efforts around the holidays.<\/p>\n<p>IT Pros explained, their efforts to keep PC users informed does increase during the holidays.\u00a0 However, it is primarily because there are more scams to inform users about.<\/p>\n<p>For those who didn\u2019t report an increase in cyber security awareness efforts, a large portion stated awareness is imperative year around. Therefore, they do not increase efforts around the holidays, but instead, keep them heightened throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>For PC users who will be shopping online, especially during the holiday season, please read our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/15\/55197\/\">Top 5 Safety Tips for Online Shoppers<\/a> article.\u00a0 These\u00a0tips will help to\u00a0keep your information secure this holiday shopping season. These tips can also be used year around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter Holidays Lead to Increased Scams Cyber security awareness is critical to staying safe while browsing the internet, checking emails, and even reading text messages. With holiday shoppers doing more of their transactions online, staying secure against holiday scams can be harder than ever. 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