When it comes to safeguarding your personal data and online accounts, it is important to follow the list of good cybersecurity practices below.
Stay On Top Of…
Emails
Make sure to delete phishing and junk emails, and block the sender.
If anyone other than you is trying to login into your account, create a new account for you, or doing anything else suspicious, you should immediately reset your passwords.
Credit Cards
Make sure there are no suspicious charges that you have not purchased. Report all suspicious purchases to your credit card company.
Set up credit accounts to email you when there are any charges for reference.
Phone Calls
Make sure to ignore scam and junk phone calls, and block the sender.
Do not answer scam calls. If you answer, do not speak and immediately hang up.
Text Messages
Make sure to ignore scam and suspicious text messages. Just delete the message and block the sender.
Do not click on any suspicious links or respond to suspicious messages.
Updates are Important!
Activate Automatic Updates
Updating your phone, computer, and other devices is crucial because it protects you from vulnerabilities, fixes bugs, and optimizes features to the latest version.
Make sure to update your computer, phone, and other devices frequently.
Update Your Privacy Settings on Accounts
Updating privacy settings on accounts is crucial because it protects your personal information from unauthorized access, minimizes the risk of identity theft, prevents having your data be sold to third-party companies, and guards against data breaches, and other cyber threats.
Internet Safety Tips
Social Media Safety
Learn more about social media page and digital footprints.
Website Safety
Learn about website safety tips, keeping safe from pop-ups, secure/unsecure websites, redirection links, avoid public Wi-Fi.