security

We take security very seriously at Urban Insight. A focus on security is an important part of everything we do, from development to day-to-day work flow. But security isn’t just about correctly configuring firewalls and ensuring you have the latest service pack installed. It’s also about having a secure work flow around the office.

Here are some quick tips that we use around our office to ensure we all start work with a secure base:

Tip 1: Use a master password in your browser

Here at Urban Insight we offer developers the choice of Windows, Mac or Linux as their primary development environment. Increasingly, team members are choosing Mac notebooks. Securing a Mac notebook is a trade-off between ensuring good security, and enabling the functionality required by developers. Here's our 15-step checklist for setting up Mac OS X notebooks.