How to secure your device data in 2021?

Data security has become essential part of today’s life.  We all use electronic devices even while reading this blog you are using your device and reading these lines. You must be aware of data theft, hacking and spamming and we cannot deny the fact that these threats occurs because of our unawareness related to data security of our devices.

Most of these threats occur because of internet.  Hence, a cyber-criminal constantly looks for the loopholes present in security so that they can enter our device and harm us.

Security threats are increasing day by day and it will rank to an alarming phase soon.

So, before reaching to the worst phase lets discuss about how you can secure your device data in 2021:-

Secure your Device with a Strong Password

The first and the for most thing which comes in mind to secure your device is to have a strong passwords.

A strong password contains a combination of Upper and Lowercase Character, Numbers and Symbols.

If you have locked your device with a secure password than this will lead you to be safe as compared to the devices which do not have any password or are not locked.

Not only locking the screen passwords but also you should have strong passwords for your social media accounts and other important sites account specially for the sites and application which have money into it.

You should use a password which cannot be guessed easily by anyone except you.

Regular Updates

Updating your device whenever any update appears is the right practice to maintain and protect your data.

Companies are regularly working to improve device security hence, Updates comes with more advance features and security patches.

A device which works on older version or has un-updated software is more prone to attacks than fully updated   version of a device.

Updating your device reduces the harm cause by hackers.

Software Updates are meant to solve the bugs and loopholes present in the application or system. They also help in building compatibility.

However, these updates can be time consuming and irritating but they are necessity.

Connected Devices and Wi-Fi

Sometimes you have to connect with various devices in order to share or recover the data. Whether you connected to a printer, a Bluetooth device or Wi-Fi you should make sure you are connected to a trusted device only.

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And turn of these connected device when you are not using them.

If we talk about Wi-Fi connections, many restaurants or even public places are offers you free Wi-Fi but to keep in mind these Free Wi-Fi connections can put you in risk.

This is because these Wi-Fi connections do not have a secured password or are unprotected which can be easily hacked. They can steal your personal information and transfer malicious program into your device.

It is suggested to use and connect these connections only if they are available from trusted source.

Browse in Safely

You should use a trusted web browser and only browse the website which is safe and secure. We all browse on internet and we also click on various linked websites, the fact is internet consists of both bad and good website. We should think twice while clicking on a website.

A good and secured website has a padlock symbol next to URL. It has Https protocol and privacy policy into it.

On the other hand if we talk about a bad and unsecured website, they may cause cyber-attacks in your device. You can easily find out that the website you are visiting is safe or not. You just need to check that there are not too many pop ups or redirecting links also your browser is not mentioning unsafe while you visit the website.

Make sure you are only visiting the secured website that uses https protocol.

When we talk about mobile device you should use Incognito Mode available in the browser. You can activate this mode by going in Menu option in toolbar and click on New Incognito Window.

Cloud Backup is a Necessity

Today a data backup is becoming essential part of data security.  A service like cloud is more secure and comes with a lot of space where you can store all your important data and documents.

We recommend do not save any important or confidential document or file in your device which needs high security. For example Google Drive is one of the most popular cloud based platform where you can store any type of files by a single click.

Relying just on physical storage is an old style of keeping data, having online data storage which is secured with a strong password adds into security level.

Sometimes when your data is snatched by the hackers or they wipe out all your data with an intention to harm you and your device. You can easily restore your data by log in into your cloud account.

Conclusion

In conclusion, data theft is gaining its presence day by day. Protecting your data from hackers and snatchers is becoming highly important for them who keep their important data in their physical storage devices.

A hacker constantly looks upon the loopholes present in the device so that they can enter in your system. Hence to avoid these situations you should update your device whenever any update comes as these updates contains security patched and add on features.

The points discussed above will help you to protect your data and will secure your device too.

Make sure to follow all the security measures of what application you are installing and what permission you provide to those applications, what site you visit and what that sites demand from you etc.

In case you are still worried install a firewall or antivirus software into your device. This will increase your data security of your device.