Top 10 Ways to Secure your Home from Cyber Attack
- Make sure you have a firewall that blocks outsiders from getting into your home network
- Patch your computers and devices at least monthly
- Buy IoT devices from vendors that build in security by default
- Purchase IoT devices that auto-update or can easily be patched
- Don’t purchase computing devices that use default username = admin, password = static default password
- Consider carefully if you really need a WiFi enabled toilet (or other appliance)
- Segregate your IoT devices by putting them on the guest network that many routers offer
- Purchase devices from manufacturers that publish the firmware updates online with verifying hash value
- Don’t buy devices from manufacturers that lack https secure encryption on their own website
- Discard out dated IoT devices that do not have patch updates available
Top Online Resources for Securing your Home Against Cyber Attacks
USA Department of Homeland Security CISA on Securing your home network security
USA Department of the Navy on Securing your Home Against Cyber Attacks
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