Reporting Elections, Safety and Security of Journalists

complex and unusual, the harder it will be to crack. These
involve a sentence that contains a mix of letters, numbers,
and special characters. If you are wondering how in the
world, you will remember all these different passphrases,
consider using a secure password manager.
It is also important to be careful about which email
accounts you are linking to your social media.
Organisations should put in place a policy that prohibits
the use of corporate emails with social media accounts.
This will make it harder for attackers to use stolen social
media account credentials to get into corporate networks.
It’s best to use a separate email address for each social
media account. If your account gets hacked, an attacker
won’t have access to as much valuable information.
1.3 Some additional best practices to follow are:
Use a different password for every account. This way if
one account is compromised, other accounts may not
suffer the same fate.
Enable multifactor authentication (MFA) for an additional
level of security.
Keep your apps updated. Just like any software, it is
important to keep them up to date to ensure you are
secure from any newfound threats or vulnerabilities.
Delete any accounts that you no longer regularly use. This
ensures they cannot be hacked and used to get into other
accounts, like your email, that are linked to them.

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