{"id":11596,"date":"2022-08-09T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=11596"},"modified":"2021-10-06T16:22:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T00:22:36","slug":"digital-hygiene-daily-habits-to-minimize-the-threat-of-cyber-hacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/digital-hygiene-daily-habits-to-minimize-the-threat-of-cyber-hacking\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Hygiene: Daily Habits to Minimize the Threat of Cyber-Hacking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Personal hygiene relates to good health, grooming, and well-being. In a similar way, &#8216;digital hygiene&#8217; refers to actions and behaviors that promote digital security and that minimize the chance of cyber theft and vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Examples of good digital hygiene practice include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Changing default names and passwords for devices, networks, and applications.<\/li><li>Use encryption, especially when any PII (Personal Identifiable Information) is involved.<\/li><li>Use multi-factor authentication with your apps, if they support it.<\/li><li>Keep up-to-date with recent patches and software versions, especially those with security updates.<\/li><li>Keep alert for suspicious emails, text messages, and phone calls.<\/li><li>Unsubscribe to junk emails.<\/li><li>Minimize clutter by removing unused applications and dated files.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Digital hygiene, like personal hygiene, are things you should do on a daily basis.  They are tasks that should become routines and daily habits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/James-Scott-21\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/James-Scott-21\">James Scott<\/a>, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/quotes\/tag\/cyber-hygiene\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/quotes\/tag\/cyber-hygiene\">said that <\/a>digital \u201chygiene has to memetically pounded into the intellectual DNA of the American population and continuously reinforced by peer pressure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lightsocial_container\"><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fformtek.com%2Fblog%2Fdigital-hygiene-daily-habits-to-minimize-the-threat-of-cyber-hacking%2F&amp;title=\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lightsocial_img\" 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