HOW TO SECURE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS AND STAY SAFE ONLINE?????

It’s of no surprise that people are more concerned about the security of social media accounts more than that of their personal diaries as most of the confidential information is now a day stored on their social media accounts.

Most of the people have a habit of storing their important work regarding credentials in the draft section of their account. Incase such an account is hacked, an entire organization that person is serving is at risk. So it’s very important to know how to secure your social media account.

Securing your Social Media Accounts

It’s totally under your control that how to secure your social media accounts. In order to secure the social media accounts all you have to do is adopt a few security practices which are listed as follows:

1.) Practice using strong passwords for social media accounts

Users are allowed to select the password of their own choice. Hence most of the users select short and easy passwords so that they are easy to remember. Such accounts are at risk of getting hacked. So to counter this it is always recommended to use strong passwords.

Strong passwords generally consist of:

• Length of more than 10 characters.
• Combination of Uppercase and Lowercase alphabets, Special Symbols, and numbers.
• Random selection of strings instead of using dictionary words.

Following is the chart showing the length of the password and its corresponding strength: