Financial Planning Fridays #149: Cybersecurity Tips
Cyberattacks on financial accounts are rising each year, making basic digital hygiene essential. This Presilium video covers three practical steps: using a password manager for strong, unique passwords, enabling two-factor authentication on financial logins, and avoiding suspicious links or attachments in email, so your accounts become a harder target.
Cyberattacks on financial accounts are rising each year, making basic digital hygiene essential. This Presilium video covers three practical steps: using a password manager for strong, unique passwords, enabling two-factor authentication on financial logins, and avoiding suspicious links or attachments in email, so your accounts become a harder target.
Key takeaways
- Using a password manager creates strong, unique passwords for each account, making it harder for one compromised password to expose multiple accounts.
- Two-factor authentication is one of the most effective ways to stop unauthorized account access even if a password is stolen.
- Never click on suspicious links or attachments in email, even from a seemingly trusted sender; go directly to the source instead.
- Presilium uses multiple layers of protection for client accounts, but personal habits are just as important in preventing a breach.
Hi friends, now more than ever we are focused on our clients' cybersecurity. The number of attacks and total losses are rising dramatically each year and your financial accounts are a top target. So today I want to give you three simple, powerful steps you can take right now to help protect your financial life.
First, use a password manager. It creates strong, unique passwords for each of your accounts and makes it much harder for cyber criminals to access multiple accounts if one gets compromised. The days of being able to use our children's names or your birthday are long over. You need to have complicated passwords that will protect your accounts during an attempted hack.
Second, enable two-factor authentication on all of your financial logins. It's one of the most effective ways to prevent unauthorized access, even if someone gets your password. We made a short video earlier this year on how you can set this up for all of your Presilium accounts in less than two minutes, and we'll include the link with this video. Please set this up immediately if you have not already done so.
And third, never click on suspicious links or attachments in emails, even if they look like they're from a trusted person. Always go directly to the source. Type in the web address yourself or call the institution directly.
At Presilium, we take cybersecurity seriously and use multiple layers of protection to keep your information and financial accounts safe. But your personal habits are just as important. These small actions can go a long way towards protecting what you've worked so hard to build. Please make yourself a difficult target so that cyber criminals move on to the next person and don't breach your information or financial assets.
Please call us anytime to discuss your cybersecurity. We are always happy to help. Thank you and I look forward to talking with you next Friday morning.
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