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Wi-Fi is a crucial component within most workplaces, primarily due to its convenience. However, it is just as crucial that these workplaces aren’t sacrificing their security for the sake of this convenience. That’s why we wanted to share a few tips to help you keep your use of Wi-Fi as secure as possible.
Or, in other words, make sure you’re still employing cybersecurity best practices. Wi-Fi has a reputation for being insecure without any support, so you should always reinforce it with additional solutions and processes that help to reinforce your security. For instance, encrypting your traffic will hide its contents from peering eyes… something Wi-Fi won’t do on its own.
Of course, this also includes the best practices we recommend for any browsing you do, like avoiding sites that don’t have ‘https’ in the URL. Compounding your security will usually make it stronger.
Hopefully, you know by now what to avoid with your passwords:
Of course, it does make sense why users will cheat when creating their passwords, especially considering that projections estimate that the average number of passwords a user will have this year is 207. Taking this into account, it really is no surprise that shortcuts are so common.
This doesn’t make shortcuts okay, though, so you will need to find a middle ground that helps your employees keep their sanity while your business remains secure. One effective option is to use passphrases rather than the more conventional password, either coming up with a completely random sequence of words (like despondentcharmtroupe, for instance) or a very bland sentence that isn’t well-known but is memorable enough to you (like shewokeupontime). These can be made even more secure by adding in or swapping out numbers, symbols, and capitalization.
To help you keep track of all of them, we recommend the use of a password manager, protected by (what else?) a master password or passphrase.
Above, we discussed how Wi-Fi isn’t particularly secure on its own. In addition to the other methods we discussed here, you should make some changes to your Wi-Fi to improve its inherent security somewhat, including:
Atech MSP is here to assist you with your cybersecurity concerns. Subscribe to our blog for more tips and best practices regarding your IT and reach out to us directly for added assistance by calling (888) 814-4843.
Learn more about what Atech MSP can do for your business.
Atech MSP
3434 Truxtun Ave Suite 250
Bakersfield, California 93301
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