Hackers are having a field day in this present
digital era because many organizations are moving their businesses from offline
to online. This automatically makes them susceptible to hackers especially if
their security is weak. Regardless, before hackers have access to your network,
there must be a loophole which they will take advantage of. Oftentimes, than
not, it is the online activities of some employees that allow hackers easy
access to your network. We identify 5 things employees do that expose your network to hackers. You can put
checks in place to streamline the online activities of your employees.
They use
weak password
This is
one of the crudest things employees do which using a weak password or the same
password for all their accounts. For example, using a password like 1234 or
QWERTY is the simplest way to invite hackers. It may be difficult for you to
recall passwords. If this is the case, you can use apps like LastPass which can
help you save your different passwords.
You share
your login details
Your login
details are exclusive to you alone. You don’t have to share it with anyone.
This is important for persons who deal with money. Try as much as possible to
protect your login credentials to prevent illegal access to your company or
personal network. If this happens, you may lose large sums of money.
They are
not careful with emails
You click
every email that hit your inbox without vetting it. Even if you receive
thousands of email daily, you should vet them before opening. This will ensure
that you don’t open a virus infected email that has been disguised by hackers
to appear like a normal mail.
You use
unapproved cloud storage to save files
Many
businesses today use cloud storage services like Google and Dropbox to save
important files. But without any reason, some employees will save company files
on their own personal cloud storage which may be vulnerable to being hacked.
Hence, always save files on the company cloud which is security-proofed.
Unsafe download
Downloading from an unsafe website
is also one of the things employees that may compromise a company’s network.
Employees download movies, photos and music from high risk sites which means
hackers don’t have to stress themselves in accessing your data. The best you
can do is to block these websites that may be used for these downloads.
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