{"id":2426,"date":"2020-11-21T21:59:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T16:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/?p=2426"},"modified":"2024-12-03T10:13:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T04:43:09","slug":"think-before-clicking-cyber-security-dos-donts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/2020\/11\/21\/think-before-clicking-cyber-security-dos-donts\/","title":{"rendered":"27: THINK BEFORE CLICKING &#8211; Cyber Security: DOs &#038; DON&#8217;Ts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>DOs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Have a strong Password<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Change password often ( every 15 days)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Use Licensed software<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Use good anti virus.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Update regularly with patches.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Back up your data and documents<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Avoid cyber cafes for financial transactions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Download from trustworthy sites<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Configure email to be secure<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Disable auto opening of documents<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Use two step authentication for online services<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Have different account &amp; username for multiple users of same device<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Check social network configuration<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Use parental control tools for browsing<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DON&#8217;Ts<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #993366;\">Click on suspicious or unknown links<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993366; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Use pirated software<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993366; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Share confidential information<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993366; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Share pins and passwords<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993366; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Reply to Spam\u00a0 messages<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993366; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Ignore updates<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993366; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Leave storage devices outside unattended<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993366; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Share email with unknown individuals<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993366; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Use simple guessable passwords<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993366; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Keep webcam connected when not in use<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993366; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Use same password for different applications or accounts<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993366; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Open suspicious attachments<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOs Have a strong Password Change password often ( every 15 days) Use Licensed software Use good anti virus. Update regularly with patches. Back up your data and documents Avoid cyber cafes for financial transactions Download from trustworthy sites Configure email to be secure Disable auto opening of documents Use two step authentication for online &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/2020\/11\/21\/think-before-clicking-cyber-security-dos-donts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;27: THINK BEFORE CLICKING &#8211; Cyber Security: DOs &#038; DON&#8217;Ts&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,88,14,28],"tags":[91,29,41,30,50],"class_list":["post-2426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","category-cyber","category-safety","category-technology","tag-cyber-security","tag-digital-addiction","tag-safety","tag-technology","tag-working-environment"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2426"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8230,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426\/revisions\/8230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}