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We hope these tips inspired you to develop stronger safety measures for your Mac.īy implementing these six guidelines on your Macs, you and your team will be all the more resistant to cyberattacks.

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Otherwise, read Apple’s good password guide.

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However, coming up with strong passwords that frequently can be challenging, so try a password generator (available with 1Password and LastPass, linked above). The standard advice is that you should change all of your passwords every six to twelve months.

Create good passwords, and change them frequently.

Not only could you get locked out of all of your essential accounts, but the hacker could also take to social media and use your voice as their own – or completely destroy your company website.Īlthough Apple devices have Keychain built into iCloud, we recommend businesses check out platforms such as 1Password or LastPass to keep track of all passwords in one secure place. If that document were to fall into the wrong hands, you and your company could be in for a world of hurt. When sharing passwords to accounts within a company, some teams resort to a messy spreadsheet with websites, user logins, and passwords all stored on the same sheet (no, really). We also recommend using a password manager. But it can be achieved with third-party tools, too.

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Apple offers this by forcing entry of a random, one-time security code when you attempt to log into certain services or purchase apps from the App Store. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is one of the best ways to prevent unauthorised access to your Macs.

Use MFA and keep track of passwords in a password manager.

If remembering all those passwords is too hard, we thankfully have a solution! Otherwise, if one of your accounts gets hacked, all of your accounts get hacked – it’s that simple. Each device, site, email account, software, and service that you access should have a different password. We’ve all done it!Īs easy as that is for you, it’s also easy for someone else: a hacker.

It’s also important to ensure that users don’t use the same password for every single service and device. If you don’t have any such policy in place… stop reading right now and make it happen. We don’t want to see any sticky notes with computer passwords on! You’ll want to consider minimum password length and complexity as well as password age, and you’ll need to back this up with end user education. It should go without saying that you need strong, unguessable passwords for all of your Macs.

Require all users to use a password on their device.

Time Machine requires a separate hard drive, and although backups are notorious for taking up lots of space, it’s certainly better than the alternative (just remember to turn on encryption so that people can’t easily access what’s on there if the drive leaves the building). Team members will have a copy of their files if something happens to their Mac.

Some teams store all of their important files on a server, but users on individual computers should still use Apple’s Time Machine function. And losing files that are essential to your business could burn just as bad, especially if the files lost leads to a financial hit.ĭon’t let it happen to you or your employees. Have you ever lost personal files (read: irreplaceable photos of a holiday or your kids) because you failed to back up your computer?

offering the ability to defer updates when required.

notifying users when updates have occurred and.

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enforcing regular macOS and software updates.

MoofPatch will take human error (mostly) out of the equation and automate updates for Macs across your network by doing the following:

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You have two options: Encourage your employees to update frequently (they will forget), or use a program like moofPatch. Here are six tips for ensuring yours are as secure as possible. Remember: Macs are not immune to cybercrime. This is true for Macs as well as iPhones, but when you’re running a network containing lots of Macs for business, we recommend a few extra precautions to make sure your company’s sensitive information stays secure. Do you remember seeing Apple’s ‘Privacy’ ad campaign for iPhone? We sure do.Īpple is creating a reputation for security and privacy across all of their products, much to the dismay of other big tech companies.