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•  Consider optimising your Wi-Fi router

•  Enable encryption on the router & update with patches

•  Consider changing the password on your home router

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•  Stay clear of using public Wi-Fi hotspots

•  Coffee shops are for coffee – not secure Internet

•  When using publicly available Wi-Fi, others may be able to view your data

•  Password management is still critical to maintain

•  Keep passwords long & complex

•  Don’t write down or share them

•  Change them routinely

•  Never leave your device switched on and unattended

•  Always keep it with you

•  Lock your device when unattended

•  At the day’s end – put it somewhere out of sight

•  Be suspicious of texts with links in them

•  Be cautious of social media messages with links

•  Suspect any telephone calls claiming to be from the office

•  Be prepared for the worst

•  Back up your device at least weekly

•  Know your organisational IT contact in the event of an emergency

•  Continue to follow the cyber security policies and procedures you followed at work

•  Everything still applies

•  You’re still “at work” only the location has changed

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