Justin schuk knows a thing or two about internet security best parctices.
before google hired him as its very first ,full time security engineer for its chorme browser back in 2009,he"d already had exprience working for IBM,the NASA and the US marine corps.
as one of google tech lead managers for chrome .he is now responsible for making sure the browser stays secure from attackers through infrastructural preventative measures
while he and his team toil away on strengthening chromes arkitechcher ,there are a lot f things the average person can do to stay safer online .
such gave business Insider some of his stop easy tips :
1. avoid using public computers and if you are using a public computer,its based to assume that whatever information you access on it could be be public .
when youare working on a public computers-like at a hotel or in the library-dont cheak your bank statsment or sign into any other sensitive accounts .
its too big of a burden on the system maintainers to really keep those kinds of system safe, so its best to keep what you do on them to public research ,
2. use separate passwords for different services . really .
yes,memorizing a bunch of random passwords can feel like a big hassle but having the same one for every account is needlessly dangerous .
password managers can really help with creating and remembering lots of strong passwords,
3. use two-factor authentication whenever possible .
two -step verification is a way for websites to confirm that you are who you say you are when you try to log in ,usually through a code that gets texted to you .
a lot of the drive - by attacks can be significantly mitigated with two factor ,
4. think twice before installing a new plug-in
schuch says that over the year hes been at google hes seen an increase in malicious third - parties tricking users into downloading plug-ins or other executables . users will download and then the tool will do something like reset all there preferences ,monitor and log there keystrokes , or funnel there search requests to a third party .
really investigate a new plug-in before you install .and easy way to make sure its not sketchy
is just by googling its name and seeing what comes up .
chrome does a really good job protecting you ,
we saw the problem of bad plug-in several years ago , and we spent a lot of work trying to address that .
over the course of the next six months , he said ,google wont offer any " un-sandboxed " plug-ins for chrome . when a security team sandboxes something ,it means they have
before google hired him as its very first ,full time security engineer for its chorme browser back in 2009,he"d already had exprience working for IBM,the NASA and the US marine corps.
as one of google tech lead managers for chrome .he is now responsible for making sure the browser stays secure from attackers through infrastructural preventative measures
while he and his team toil away on strengthening chromes arkitechcher ,there are a lot f things the average person can do to stay safer online .
such gave business Insider some of his stop easy tips :
1. avoid using public computers and if you are using a public computer,its based to assume that whatever information you access on it could be be public .
when youare working on a public computers-like at a hotel or in the library-dont cheak your bank statsment or sign into any other sensitive accounts .
its too big of a burden on the system maintainers to really keep those kinds of system safe, so its best to keep what you do on them to public research ,
2. use separate passwords for different services . really .
yes,memorizing a bunch of random passwords can feel like a big hassle but having the same one for every account is needlessly dangerous .
password managers can really help with creating and remembering lots of strong passwords,
3. use two-factor authentication whenever possible .
two -step verification is a way for websites to confirm that you are who you say you are when you try to log in ,usually through a code that gets texted to you .
a lot of the drive - by attacks can be significantly mitigated with two factor ,
4. think twice before installing a new plug-in
schuch says that over the year hes been at google hes seen an increase in malicious third - parties tricking users into downloading plug-ins or other executables . users will download and then the tool will do something like reset all there preferences ,monitor and log there keystrokes , or funnel there search requests to a third party .
really investigate a new plug-in before you install .and easy way to make sure its not sketchy
is just by googling its name and seeing what comes up .
chrome does a really good job protecting you ,
we saw the problem of bad plug-in several years ago , and we spent a lot of work trying to address that .
over the course of the next six months , he said ,google wont offer any " un-sandboxed " plug-ins for chrome . when a security team sandboxes something ,it means they have
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