{"id":1430,"date":"2017-11-13T15:12:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T15:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/stamford\/?p=1430"},"modified":"2023-02-13T00:09:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T06:09:49","slug":"secure-mobile-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/stamford-ct-1161\/blog\/secure-mobile-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"Secure Your Mobile Phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Mobile devices are increasingly becoming the targets of attack, especially as users continue to install apps that may compromise the security of the device.<\/h3>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Here are CMIT\u2019s 10 recommendations for safeguarding your mobile device:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0Become familiar with the security features of your phone or mobile device \u2014 security features vary between\u00a0platform (IOS, Android, Microsoft) and manufacturer (Samsung, LG, etc.):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lock your smartphone with a PIN, password, swipe pattern, or fingerprint reader;<\/li>\n<li>Change PIN, password, or swipe pattern regularly;<\/li>\n<li>Turn off Remote Controls;<\/li>\n<li>Enable the Reactivation Lock (this will stop others from reactivating your device without your permission);<\/li>\n<li>Enable the SIM card lock;<\/li>\n<li>Review and turn off (delete) any unnecessary phone administrators;<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t allow the installation of applications from unknown sources.<\/li>\n<li>Turn phone encryption on, including an external SD card if present;<\/li>\n<li>Subscribe to a mobile device management service;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2.\u00a0Install phone and app updates as they become available;<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0Backup your phone regularly;<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0Activate phone tracking and remote wipe;<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0Only download apps from trusted sources (Google Play Store, Apple App Store);<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0Disable Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when not using it (also conserves battery power);<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0Use a Password Manager such as LastPass to generate strong passwords and safely store them and other sensitive information for easy retrieval;<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0Understand how to check if you are on a secure connection;<\/p>\n<p>9.\u00a0Only enter your username, password and other sensitive information when on a secure connection;<\/p>\n<p>10.\u00a0Don\u2019t click on email, don\u2019t download attachments, don\u2019t click links in text messages, and don\u2019t click links or open files on MMS messages.<\/p>\n<h3>More Resources<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/stamford\/\">CMIT Solutions of Stamford\u2019s website<\/a>\u00a0has lots of great articles to help you manage your technology.\u00a0 Enter these keywords in the search box at the top of the page to get a list of articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Password<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Lastpass<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Security<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Remote<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Updates<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Secure<\/p>\n<h4>QUESTIONS?\u00a0 NEED MORE HELP?\u00a0 WANT TO MAKE SECURITY SOMEONE ELSE\u2019S JOB?\u00a0 CALL US AT\u00a0<a href=\"tel:203-595-9091\">203-595-9091<\/a>\u00a0NOW.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile devices are increasingly becoming the targets of attack, especially as users&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lindas-tech-tips"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/stamford-ct-1161\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/stamford-ct-1161\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/stamford-ct-1161\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/stamford-ct-1161\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/stamford-ct-1161\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/stamford-ct-1161\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/stamford-ct-1161\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/stamford-ct-1161\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/stamford-ct-1161\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}