How Not To Get Hacked: Authentication and Device Locks

My name is Milan Patel. I work at a cybersecurity company called Blue Voyant. I was at the FBI for about 12 years as an agent in the field and then as a supervisor. Think about which of your accounts are most important for you to protect. Definitely your bank accounts, but also your email. If your email gets hacked, a lot more of your important stuff is also in jeopardy of being hacked. That's why it's really important you turn on two factor-authentication. Two factor-authentication means you have to provide two pieces of information to access your account. The two factors are something, you know, like a password and something you have, like a security code sent to your phone. Someone might have your email password, but without your phone they can't get the second security code to login. Be sure to lock your phone and lock the computer with strong passwords. You might also want to use a screen lock when you finish using your computer or set your device to automatically lock when it goes to sleep. When you set up a password lock on your phone, it's also important to have emergency contact information that can be accessed even when the phone is locked. That way someone else can call your emergency contacts, even if you can't operate your phone.