Top 5 Cybersecurity Tips

In our increasingly online world, we need to remember to be cognizant of the inherent risks of putting our lives and information online. Here are 5 quick tips to help keep you safe.

Strengthen your passwords.

Don’t do something basic like “password”. Use a mix of upper and lowercase, numbers and special characters.

Enable MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication)

This is the option to receive a text or an email or to use an authenticator app. As annoying as this can be, it’s one of the best deterrents for threat actors trying to access your account.

UPDATE YOUR SOFTWARE

There are so many hacks every day to mega corporations that you never hear about. The hackers will find loopholes in the software developers aren’t aware of and access their databases through them. The software company develops patches for exactly this reason to prevent them. So update your software.

Be wary of Phishing attacks

Did you receive an email asking for you to click a link or provide some information? Double check the sender. Verify the email is from a legitimate source. If it looks like it but you’re still unsure, use a site like NordVPN.com/link-checker/ to verify the authenticity of the link.

Secure your home network

Change your default router settings. This can be daunting at first but just look up a top rated YouTube video on it and it should walk you through. Changing the password on these is more important than most people realize.