We may remember to book our annual checkup with the doctor, but how often do we check on the strength of our personal data and cyber security? For many of us, not very often. Maybe even \u2026 never?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A quarterly digital security self-checkup will help you stay one step ahead of hackers who attempt Interac<\/em> e-Transfer scams, phishing scams, identity theft, email fraud and even text scams. Once every three months, look for your data privacy weaknesses to address and fix them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This simple three-step checkup \u2014 based on tips from industry cyber security experts and the Canadian government \u2014 will help keep you (and your identifying data) secure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Discovering the problem is the first step toward fixing it. To kickstart your digital health evaluation, examine these aspects of your digital self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Look into each of your online accounts and do a password audit. This means going through your accounts (banking, social media, Uber, to name a few) and asking yourself these questions: Is each password strong, unique and difficult to guess? Have you duplicated the same password across different accounts? Many of us get complacent and slip into re-using the same old passwords over and over again, which isn\u2019t safe and can make it easier for identity theft specialists and hackers to do damage across multiple accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\nCheckup step 1: Diagnosis of digital security vulnerabilities\u200b<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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