How to Secure Your Device?

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How to Secure Your Device?

In this digital world, security is more important than ever. Almost every day we hear about loss of financial data or personal information that occurs due to security lapse.

Users should protect their electronic data such as credit card, debit card or bank details. For this, follow these steps to keep your device secure. Some are:

Use Security Software

-          Install anti-virus software that has anti-spyware and firewall.

-          Set your preference to update these protections often.

-          Protect against intrusions and infections that can compromise your computer files or passwords by installing security patches for your operating system and other software programs.

Avoid Phishing Mails

-          Don’t open any files, click on links, or download programs sent by strangers.

-          Opening a file from someone you don’t know could expose your system to a computer virus or spyware that captures your passwords or other information you type.

 

Be Aware About Wi-Fi

 

-          When you send and receive personal and financial information over your laptop or smartphone on a public wireless network in a coffee shop, library, airport, hotel, or other public place, see if your information will be protected.

-          If you are using an encrypted website, it protects only the information you send to and from that site. If you use a secure wireless network, all the information you send on that network is protected.

 

Lock Up your laptop

 

-          Keep financial information on your laptop only when necessary.

-          Don’t use an automatic login feature that saves your username and password, and always log off when you’re finished. That way, if your laptop is stolen, it will be harder for a thief to get at your personal and financial information.

 

Read Privacy Policies

 

-          Before clicking on terms and conditions buttons. Read it carefully

-          They can be long and complex, but they tell you how the site maintains accuracy, access, security, and control of the personal information it collects; how it uses the information, and whether it provides information to third parties. If you don’t see or understand a site’s privacy policy, consider doing business elsewhere.