Cyber Hygiene

Cyber Hygiene

Cyber hygiene is the meaning of adopting to practices and habits for users, employees companies to consider to in order to improve and maintain data and cybersecurity to a high standard. Common good practices of cyber hygiene include:

• Using Strong passwords – Passwords that have a required length of between 10-30 characters long is considered a use of a strong password combined with special character keys such as hashtag, exclamation marks, question marks and pound signs and dollar signs. A bad example of cyber hygiene is when an employee or user users weak passwords with common ones such as password123, this is a weak password as cybercriminals can brute-force their way into the users confidential data and information.
• Cyber hygiene training – Cyber hygiene is the very first mandatory action companies must take place first before allowing new employees of using computers or any device connected to the internet. This training teaches employees to spot phishing scams, to not write passwords on paper or post-it notes and keep it on desks and to be taught  to use Multi-Factor Authentications (MFA) for stronger security to keep regulations and standards followed to a high standard which reduces financial problems.
• Using up-to-date software’s – Companies using up-to-date software will keep all devices within the network more secured and encrypted especially when it comes to General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act being enforced in both Europe and the UK, as these laws makes companies act fast with implementing new equipment to keep private and confidential data safe.