ZYXEL Practice Good Cyber Hygiene User Guide

October 27, 2023
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Practice Good Cyber Hygiene
User Guide
ZYXEL Practice Good Cyber Hygiene

Practice Good Cyber Hygiene

Your guide to kicking dirty cyber hygiene habits
The 4 worst cybersecurity habits and best practices you need to kick them

Dirty habit #1 Not securing access to your network

How to clean it up?

  • Enable multi-factor authentication (eg, PINs, mobile verification codes, biometric identifiers & secure tokens)
  • Set up different levels of access authority and keep access records
  • Set limits and controls for accounts with privileged access
  • Use temporary security credentials for critical data – NOT access keys
  • Use a VPN to mask your IP when surfing on public networks or connecting to the office of small businesses haven’t implemented multi-factor authentication

Dirty habit #2 Letting phishing attacks slip through

How to clean it up?

  • Open links and attachments ONLY from trusted sources
  • Check the sender’s details closely – for example, does the email address’s domain look legit?
  • Be wary of requests for personal information and offers that are too good to be true
  • Use a firewall as a shield between your computer and an attacker to prevent external attacks of successful cyberattacks involve phishing

Dirty habit #3 Ignoring software updates

How to clean it up?

  • Keep all software, firmware, browsers, and apps up to date
  •  Accept updates as soon as they’re available
  • Turn on automatic updates so you can always get them from the original source
  • Don’t fall for scams telling you to download urgent updatesZYXEL Practice Good Cyber Hygiene - fig3

of survey respondents ‘sometimes, rarely, or never’ install them

Dirty habit #4 Overlooking social media risks

How to clean it up?

  • Don’t overshare personal or business information
  • Don’t accept friend requests from anyone you don’t know
  • Don’t use social media apps for personal use on work devices

of SMBs see employees’ social media use as a cybersecurity threat

Source: Cyber Readiness Institute
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