Remote IT Services Tip – Keeping Your WiFi Secure
Computer Networks Inc | With telecommuting making it easy to travel and stay in touch, people are using public Wifi networks more frequently, especially in Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, and Suffolk. As the number of hotspots available continues to grow, not every hotspot can offer the protection of your home or office networks. The default settings on your notebook, tablet, or smartphone may not be enough to keep your data safe from prying eyes. These essential tips from our remote IT services experts will help keep your information and files secure.
#1. Update your software before you go. Make sure all antivirus, antispyware, and browsing software are all updated. When current, the software can monitor for suspicious activity and can be a great way to protect against most attacks. Verify that the built in firewall is always activated. Our computer network services company in Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, and Suffolk can help with this.
#2. Turn off filesharing. Otherwise, anyone in the vicinity of your device can hack into your data.
#3. Use a VPN. A virtual private network routes your traffic through a secure network. Free services are available but a paid service guarantees the connection integrity. If you regularly connect on public networks, it may be worth the expense.
#4. According to our remote IT services experts, don’t auto-connect. Turn off the Wifi connection whenever you’re done using the internet, even if you’re still using the device. Maintain it off until you’re ready to connect. Check the settings on your device, you may be able to disable auto-connect, and request a prompt asking for permission to connect.
#5. Use secure sites whenever possible on public networks. Ultimately it’s much safer to avoid private transactions on a public network. Conducting banking activities or purchases that require a credit card should always be completed over a private connection such as at home or in the office.
We hope these tips help keep your data safe while traveling.
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Our network services company serves businesses and medical practices in Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, and Suffolk. Founded in 2004 by Rick Boyles, our typical customer has 10 to 150 workstations, is a business or medical practice, and relies heavily on e-mail, the Internet, and their computer network for running their offices. Clients hire us to provide Remote IT Services, Managed IT Services, Data Disaster Recovery and Backup, and Computer Network Administration to ensure their data security system and other IT components are compliant and strong. They do not want to incur the overhead and cost of a full-time IT staff, and they do not want to risk their IT to a self-taught employee who knows “a few things” about computers.
