Improve Your Security

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1.Accounts and Passwords

1. 1.1Create good passwords
2. 1.2Complex passwords aren’t always better
3. 1.3Use dedicated accounts for each user
4. 1.4Change the default passwords

2.Online Security

1. 2.1Online Protection
2. 2.2Harden your Facebook account
3. 2.3Enable two-factor authentication
4. 2.4Enable two-factor authentication for Google
5. 2.5Enable two-factor authentication for Facebook
6. 2.6Enable two-factor authentication for Dropbox
7. 2.7Enable two-factor authentication for Twitter
8. 2.8Enable two-factor authentication for LinkedIn
9. 2.9Enable two-factor authentication for Tumblr
10. 2.10Improve your browser’s security and privacy in 5 steps

3.Device Security

1. 3.1Securing your notebook
2. 3.2Update your Software often
3. 3.3Password protect your smartphone
4. 3.4Make backups
5. 3.5Encrypt your data
6. 3.6What to do if your computer has a virus
7. 3.7Cleaning your computer
8. 3.8Goodbye, Windows XP?

4.Tips that you can print

1. 4.120 Tips to improve your overall security
2. 4.25 signs you’ll notice if your social media account has been hacked
3. 4.3How to secure a new computer in 10 steps
4. 4.4How to protect your social media account
5. 4.510 tips to improve your mobile device’s security
6. 4.6Security tips for safe online shopping
7. 4.75 tips to keep your mobile devices safe while using 3/4G and LTE
8. 4.8Tips to secure your photos (including those private)
9. 4.9Security checklist for “Back to school”

5.Protect yourself against advertisements and tracking

1. 5.1What to do to stop phone and mail advertisements
2. 5.2Protect yourself and all your devices against aggressive advertisements for FREE
3. 5.3Protect yourself and all your devices against tracking for FREE
4. 5.4Did you know you can opt-out from Google’s targeted ads and tracking?

6.IT Security Myths

1. 6.1This can never happen to me
2. 6.2Our network is secure, we can’t be hacked!
3. 6.3Our employees would never steal data!
4. 6.4Why would anyone hack exactly us/me?
5. 6.5I have an antivirus, therefore i can’t get infected
6. 6.6Security suites are overrated
7. 6.7I don’t surf on dangerous websites, therefore i am safe
8. 6.8Spam is just annoying, not dangerous
9. 6.9Why deactivate unused services since nobody is using them anyway?
10. 6.10Products advertised in spam emails are so cheap just because they don’t require any expensive marketing
11. 6.11Antivirus vendors write the viruses themselves so that they can sell their expensive products
12. 6.12Open source software is by definition unsecure
13. 6.13Any computer virus will produce something visible on the screen
14. 6.14If a website is using ssl it must be secure and reliable
15. 6.15Macs never get infected
16. 6.16Security risks can be quantified
17. 6.17Security is the CISO´s problem
18. 6.18Backup on an external disk is the safest as it can be
19. 6.19Free security solutions are all I need
20. 6.20If i use ssl to send emails nobody can peek into my emails
21. 6.21I am invisible if I use ‘incognito’, ‘private’ or ‘guest’ browsing
22. 6.22Hiding your wireless network’s name improves its security

7.Online safety for parents

1. 7.1Advises for parents and tutors in regard to online safety
2. 7.2Parental supervision for sharing
3. 7.3Parental control for browsing

8.10 signs you should invest in your personal cyber security

1. 8.1You see unauthorized expenses
2. 8.2You have one single password for everything
3. 8.3Your computer and browser are slower than before
4. 8.4You appear logged on from various geographical locations
5. 8.5You see posts you never authorized or wrote on Facebook
6. 8.6Your emails are marked as spam
7. 8.7You see a lot more ads in the browser
8. 8.8You unsubscribe from spams
9. 8.9You give personal information when requested by a stranger
10. 8.10You install software a page pretends to require