October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. This month CISA, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, focuses on ways to “Secure Our World” by educating the public on how to stay safe online.

This October and year-round, CISA challenges business leaders to help secure our world by adopting four simple steps that everyone can take to stay safe online:

• Teach Employees to Avoid Phishing – Phishing happens when criminals trick employees into opening malicious attachments or sharing personal info. Implement training to teach employees how to identify and report suspicious activity.
• Require Strong Passwords – This is one of the easiest ways to protect your business from criminals who might otherwise access your accounts by guessing or using automated hacking programs.
• Require Multifactor Authentication – Use more than a password when signing into accounts, such as a texted code, authenticator app, or biometrics – to make them much safer than a password alone! MFA protects accounts by requiring additional authentication to prevent bad guys from accessing them.
• Update Business Software – Defects in software, routers, VPNs and apps can give criminals an opening to your accounts. Software manufacturers publish patches, but you must install them to be protected! Don’t use outdated software. Keep business software up to date.

Secure your business. Contact DataLink today so we can help protect your technology and your organization:

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