Symantec 11022527 Securing your sensitive data

Thischapter includes the following topics:

1Aboutsecuring your sensitive data

TheInternet provides the fastest and the easiest way

toexchange information. In spite of the many

advantagesthat the Internet provides, you are

vulnerableto information theft and identity theft.

Informationcan be stolen and misused in several ways.

Followingare a few of the most common methods of

informationtheft:

1Onlinefinancial transactions

1Unsafeonline storage of sensitive information

1Misuseof your identity while you communicate

online

TheIdentity Safe feature in Norton 360 offers several

powerfulways to tackle identity theft. Identity Safe is

thebest tool that you can use to safeguard your identity

whileyou are online.

SafeSurfing comprises of the Antiphishing and the

NortonSafe Web features. Antiphishing analyzes the

securitylevel of the Web sites that you visit and

displaysthe results in the Norton Site Safety pop-up

Securing yoursensitive data