Best Practices For Everyone
Cybersecurity Hygiene
Don't be caught off guard
Cyber hygiene is a guide to best practices and steps users of computers and other devices can take to keep systems healthy and improve security. They are routine practices best ensuring the safety of data and identity that could be stolen or corrupted. As with physical hygiene, cyber hygiene is regularly conducted to ward off theft, corruption and more.
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Your Cybersecurity checklist
Password Protection
- Use a secure password manager
- Use multi factor authentication when available
- Use complex passphrase with numbers, symbols and/or upper- and lower-case letters
- Never provide your password when requested by email or through a site. Contact the requester by phone
Disable password save in computer browsers
Don’t keep password lists in emails, within unsecured programs, on paper off your person
Privacy
- Use VPN when public Wi-Fi is necessary
- Require a password in order to access a thumb drive
- Encrypt / password protect documents as appropriate
- Cover the camera on your laptop and tablet
- Keep work and private personal digital information separate
- Always manually log off of networks, websites, and email platforms when you are finished
- Periodically clear out cookies
Consider faxing confidential information
- Consider using a RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) shield for credit cards, passports, debit cards, atm cards, drivers licenses
Hardware, Software and Operating Systems
- Keep software and operating systems up to date – Fully & frequently patched and correctly configured
Don’t install outdated or unsupported software
- Use onsite and offsite backups for important data
- Implement patches as soon as available
- Virus and Malware programs installed on computers with current definitions
information separate - Install a tracker to locate lost devices
- Install a program/app that can remotely lock or wipe lost devices
