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Tips to make your email safer in case of a hack attack!
Posted on: 22/Dec/2014 6:44:32 PM
We have been reading about the spate of cyber hacking such as company security breaches, exposed months of employee emails. Sony is the latest to suffer.
The main role played by the hackers is to provide attackers the access to sensitive information about a company and its customers including credit-card numbers and email addresses.
There are many methods adopted by hackers to do this. They sneak into a company by sending fake emails with malicious links to employee inboxes.
A small guideline of 5 tips to prevent this for you:
Regular archiving
Please be regular in archiving. Then, emails are moved off from the inbox. They are no longer easily accessible on websites outside the office or on your phone. Hackers` ability to access those emails gets limited.
Get organized
Please organise your inbox regularly. Deal with emails as they come in. Sort them into folders. Remove sensitive data entirely. This separation will confuse the hacker. This ensures limitation on the hacker.
Separate your work and personal emails
Use only your personal email for all personal correspondence. Again, this limits details a hacker can glean. This will also prevent from you being targeted as a source for data from the company. Also, it prevents the hacker from sending phishing email that appears to come from websites you bought goods from or read frequently.
Don`t click on unexpected links and attachments
Check whenever you receive an email with a link or attachment whether it is legitimate. Place the your cursor over the hyperlink or right-click to show the link`s final destination for getting the detail when they are from banks or reputed companies..The address pops up when you hover over the link matches where the hyperlink says you`ll be sent.
Act fast if you seen anything wrong
If you feel anything strange in your email, immediately forward it to IT department. This fast reaction may prevent someone else at your company from making a mistake.
