Stay safe online

The Xero Website had a good article about being safe online to protect yourself, your customers and employees.

The three things we can all do are:

• Have a good password strategy
• Be aware of phishing emails
• Keep anti-malware up-to-date
• Keep your operating system and application software patched and up-to-date

A good password strategy means:

• Not sharing a password (even with friends)
• Always using complex passwords
• Changing passwords at least once a month
• Use different passwords for different applications
• A complex password is a long password made up of numbers, letters and special characters ($,#,%,&, etc). The longer your password the better because it is harder to guess.

A phishing email looks like it comes from a trusted source and tries to trick you into providing passwords and other important data. Look out for:

• Incorrect spelling or grammar
• Different URLs
• Requests for personal information
• The email calls for urgent action.
• The email says sounds too good to be true
• The email doesn’t use your name

We hope this helps you stay safe online.