How can you safeguard your confidential information from getting hacked?

We can use the following measures to safeguard our confidential information from getting hacked:

1. Build strong passwords — It is important to create strong passwords for all our online accounts. A strong password should contain both uppercase and lowercase characters, as well as digits and punctuation. It should be atleast eight characters long.
2. Use multifactor authentication — Multifactor authentication is one of the simplest and the most effective ways to secure data, which adds an extra layer of protection.
3. Be suspicious of unsolicited e-mail — Be aware of nuisance ads and unsolicited e-mails from unknown sources. Try not to open any attachments that are along with such messages and do not reply to such messages.
4. Be Aware of Online Posting — One should never post any personal details or one's location online. Keep the mobile tracking or location tracking feature off, if possible.
5. Protect our mobile devices — Updating the mobile software on a regular basis will mitigate the risk of a cyber­ criminal exploiting a hole in mobile system.
6. Engage in safe web browsing — Do not open any link from unknown sources or any pop up that appears. Both could be spyware used to plant tracking cookies on our machine, which can steal our information, direct us to bogus phishing sites, and pound us with pop-ups.
7. Use safe sites to surf the internet — Always use the sites that start with https:\\. The letter 's' specifies that it is a safe site to be browsed.
8. Use firewall — A firewall should be implemented to safeguard our computer system and data from any unauthorized external source.
9. Avoid using computers in public — Avoid using public computers to access private data like e-mails or sharing the private information like credit/debit card details.