- Pay attention to your email habits.
- Don’t mix your email accounts.
- Choose a strong email password.
- Use different email passwords for different email accounts.
- Change your email password often.
- Never give out your email password.
- Enable 2-factor authentication.
- Use Gmail’s Confidential mode.
- Consider utilizing an encryption add-on.
- Be careful which devices you use.
- Be careful which networks you use.
- Be aware of email schemes and scams
- Humanity & Health Foundation will no longer communicate with staff through their personal (yahoo, Gmail, AOL, etc.) account
- Never open an un-trusted attachment.
- Investigate suspicious messages before you open it.
- Investigate suspicious URLs.
- Keep an antivirus program installed.
- Avoid giving your email address away.
- Never give away personal information in an email.
- DO NOT reply to scammers and spammers.
- Log out of your email account when finished.
- Periodically review your security and privacy settings.
Bonus Tip: Education for Employees on Email Security Best Practices
Updated 1/7/2023.