The more concern about today's security for the companies related information is being hacked by sending malicious links to the e-mails of the employees which will ask for the details of the credit card numbers.
Here are five simple steps to make e-mail more secure and limit the harm a hacker can cause:
Paired with archiving it also ensures that what the hacker does compromise is limited and known for any future damage assessment. Sensitive information can also be removed from your inbox. For example delete an e-mail and save what you need to your hard drive or an external drive.
Here are five simple steps to make e-mail more secure and limit the harm a hacker can cause:
1) Archive early and often
Most corporate e-mail systems allow people to set up regularly scheduled archiving so that e-mails are moved off of the server after a certain number of days.You can still check archived e-mails on your work computer, but they are no longer easily accessible on websites outside the office or on your phones. The limits hackers ability to access those e-mails too. You can make exceptions for e-mail that you want to keep in your active inbox, and they won't be archived.2) Get Organised
As e-mails come into your inbox, deal with them. Sort them into folders. This segments your data, requiring an attacker to know which folder to go or to take multiple steps to search for wanted information.Paired with archiving it also ensures that what the hacker does compromise is limited and known for any future damage assessment. Sensitive information can also be removed from your inbox. For example delete an e-mail and save what you need to your hard drive or an external drive.
3) Keep work and personal mails separate
Don't use your work e-mail for personal e-mail or activities online. That limits details a hacker can glean about you to conduct more sophisticated attacks targeting you as the entryway into your company's system.
For example hackers can learn about your shopping habits or personal hobbies and use those to send a phishing e-mail that appears to come from websites you bought goods from or read frequently.Phishing messages route you to a fake address and allow hackers to gain access to your system.
4) Don't click on unexpected links
If you receive an e-mail with a link or attachment you weren't expecting, send the person a separate e-mail asking whether the first e-mail was legitimate.
For links from companies such as banking institution, hover your cursor over the hyperlink to right-click to show the link's final destination. Before you click make sure the address that pops up when you hover over the matches where the hyperlinks say you'll be sent.
If unsure use a new window and physically type in the website's address to conduct your business.
5) If you see something say something
If your e-mail is acting up or a link or attachment trikes you as strange forward it to your IT department as quickly as possible. Your attention and fast response may prevent someone else at your company from making a mistake.
