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Cybersecurity Awareness Tip 24: Check Your Cybersecurity Status. Often.
Cybersecurity Awareness Tip 24: Check Your Cybersecurity Status. Often.
The More Things Change, The More Cybersecurity Risks Remain
It would be great, you know, if things could just stay the same. No new viruses, operating systems upgrades or app ownership changes to mess things up and introduce new cybersecurity risks. It would be great...but highly unlikely. So, from time to time, say once a quarter, check things out to make sure, you know, you're, like, still practicing safe computing.
Safe Me Device Settings Check
It’s Not the Tool Itself, But How You Use It
Fortunately, there are some great tools to do just that. The annual security preparedness review checks for big picture risks and strategic changes (e.g. should I replace my antivirus or backup approach?). A cyberscecurity status check is a more focused, tool-based approach for quickly checking your computing devices for issues.
Check for and install operating system updates, if they aren't installed automatically.
Safe Me for Android and iOS checks your device settings, helps build cybersecurity awareness through education (this could help identify long-term changes for the annual preparedness review) and scans the dark web for leaked personal information. To be clear, Safe Me is not an antivirus tool.
Antivirus scanners and software (Windows includes built-in tools for security)
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