InfoSec Tips
InfoSec Tip of the Day — a long-running series of tactical cybersecurity tips.
Travel Security:
Travel Security: Keep your vacation travel on track. Avoid posting pictures showing your airline ticket reservation or passport.
IOT Security:
IOT Security: Change default passwords on all of your Internet of Things (IOT) devices.
Online privacy:
Online privacy: Remove location details from photos before uploading to social media. Search for “how to remove location data from photo” on your favorite search engine to learn…
Social media security:
Social media security: Discord users, nothing good ever comes in a DM. Turn it off and save yourself a headache.
Passphrases:
Passphrases: Consider changing your password or passphrases regularly, add in special characters and a combination of upper/lower case letters and make it a min of 15 characters…
Digital assistant:
Digital assistant: Avoid using audio personal assistants that are always listening to your conversations waiting for instruction.
IRS call scam:
IRS call scam: The IRS won’t call you to put you in jail, they’ll ring the doorbell. Don’t give out information or pay via credit card or gift cards if called.
Avoid being the “catch of the day”!
Don’t click on links or open attachments received from unknown senders or if unexpected. Validate with sender before proceeding.
Public wifi:
Public wifi: Avoid using public wifi to conduct sensitive business or transactions (i.e. purchases, banking, reading email, etc). Use a vpn.
Shoulder surfing risk:
Shoulder surfing risk: Be aware of your surroundings when entering your pin/password into systems and my favorite when viewing confidential data while you’re on an airplane or…