Toughen up your passwords:Avoid using common words and common substitutions and instead use passwords that are long, and include a variation of lower case and upper case letters, numbers and symbols. Tools like password managers, such as LastPass, can also be used to manage multiple complicated passwords.

Review your account’s privacy setting:社交媒体平台收集许多个人信息，包括当前位置，联系信息，就业状态和历史以及个人利益。查看您的社交媒体帐户上的隐私设置，并确保您了解您正在共享的内容。考虑将您的帐户从公共视为私人，以使您的信息更安全。

Check your permissions:即使未使用它们，许多智能设备也可以访问您的位置，摄像机和麦克风。仔细查看从设备收集的个人信息以及为什么需要它。考虑为不同用户设置不同的权限，具有单独的受限制帐户的儿童。

Use multi-factor authentication:In today’s world of phishing and malicious attacks to gather your credentials, using a single username and password to access your information online can be perilous. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) involves using a second method of account authentication, such as: something you know (such as a password), something you have (such as a smartphone), and something you are (such as your fingerprint).

Check to see if your financial institutions, online accounts and applications offer MFA. Apple and Google both offer MFA options for accessing your online accounts.

Here at Teck we will soon launch DUO as our MFA method to secure Teck information accessed from non-Teck devices. Seeherefor more information.

See if you have been ‘pwned’:Have I Been Pwnedis a free service that aggregates data breaches and helps people establish if they have been impacted by malicious activity on the internet. The site works by comparing your email address to databases of known security breaches. If a match is found, it gives information on what parts of your identity and data may have been exposed.