Residential Cybersecurity
On Tuesday, June 4th, Josh Shaffner and Shanna Schueler of Treysta spoke to the Rotary Club of York-East about residential cybersecurity. All residential users face the possible threat of cyberhacking, although the probability of an individual being attacked is much less than that of institutions. Nevertheless, residential users should also be vigiliant in their use of the internet. Passwords should be at least 12 characters long and should be different for each site that requires a password. Simple passwords like repeating letters or numbers or family names should never be used. Software and operating systems should be kept up to date.
Phishing emails come from sources that claim to be banks, government agencies or credit card companies and hope to glean personal information that can be used to steal identities or money. Never trust an email that asks for social security numbers, account numbers or passwords. Never open a pdf attached to an email that comes from an unknown source.
Always back up your data to a protected hard drive separate from your computer.
Treysta is a cybersecurity company with offices in York and Gettysburg.
Left: Shana Schueler, Josh Shaffner, President Ben Marchant