How to Protect Yourself From Being Hacked by Yogesh Joshee

HOW TOPROTECT

YOURSELFFROM BEING

HACKEDby Yogesh Joshee

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70% OF USERSwill experience some form of cyber attack every year.

WHAT CAN YOU DO TOPROTECT YOURSELF?



CHOOSE A STRONGPASSWORD.Good passwords are getting harder to

create. Your passwords should be at least 12

characters long (preferably longer), contain

numerals as well as lowercase and uppercase

letters, and should not contain guessable

personal information. (If you live on Maple St

and your first-born was born in 1990,

"Maple1990" is a terrible password.)



DON'T USE THESAME PASSWORDFOR EVERYTHING.If someone hacks your LinkedIn or Facebook

(an alarmingly common occurance), this

person can easily try out your login credentials

on your email, Twitter account, bank account,

etc. Make a unique password for each site you

hold an online account. Having so many

passwords leads us to my next point.



USE A PASSWORDMANAGER.Instead of having to remember 20 unique

passwords made up of 12+ character strings of

unrelated numbers and characters, subscribe

to a password manager like LastPass or

Dashlane. You'll still need to remember the

master password to access your dashboard,

but they'll easily store/update the rest. One

warning: while more secure, these too can get

hacked, granting access to your saved info.



OPT IN FOR TWO-FACTORAUTHENTICATION.This method requires you to confirm your

identity using both your password and a

separate code sent to a personal device (such

as your phone.) This means even if someone

get's ahold of your password, they won't be

able to access your account without also

having accessing the code sent directly to your

phone.



Even if you are super careful, mistakesstill happen.

If you do get hacked, change yourpassword immediately, contact yourservice provider, and follow these stepsagain to properly protect youraccounts.



THANK YOU.To learn more, please visitYogesh Joshee's website at

www.yogeshjoshee.net




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