College Cybersecurity Tactics – Get Educated, Not Hacked
Going to college is your time to start learning about the world. One of the things that you should learn about the world is this: people are going to steal from you. In the digital world that we live in this theft occurs online, necessitating the need for cybersecurity.
You don’t have to going to college for any sort of IT related education in order to follow the cybersecurity tactics I will be covering in this article. Keep reading so that you don’t get hacked while you get an education.
Cybersecurity for college: Device location
The typical college experience shares a room with a roommate, that room is shared within a dorm, and that dorm is part of a larger campus. Each of these settings allows the opportunity for other people to access your devices. The very first thing that you need to do is know where your devices are, and to secure them physically.
The next thing that you need to do is to make sure that they’ll have some sort of lock screen turned on. If you get up from the study hall to go to the bathroom you don’t necessarily want to take your computer with you. A lock screen can protect you. The lock screen on your phone can protect you if you happen to put it down at a party.
Making better password choices
This applies to both your devices and your accounts. The time to use your dog’s name as your password, or your birthday, is over. Here’s what you should do: Click to continue reading…