Podcast: Holiday tech tips for visiting family

In this episode, Dave and Jeff discuss ways to help protect your family’s home over the holidays.

On this week’s edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and I talk about the one thing that everyone who works in any tech company loves — heading home for the holidays. We really do love going to see family and friends, but at the same time, we are bracing for the inevitable IT duty. Like us, many of you will be the de facto IT guy at at least one relative’s home over the next few days and weeks.

During the course of our chat, we will discuss 12 things that can help secure your relatives and offer some tips to make it a bit less painful, so you can get back to the festivities.

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