Tips on how you can protect & secure your family online

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Are you and your family protected?

  • How many devices in your home does your family have access to?

  • Do you know how to manage the security settings and parental controls that are available to you?

  • Are your devices adequately covered and do you have access to award winning cyber security solutions on each device?

  • Webbit247 provides access to world class, award winning and consumer best buy Antivirus tools including VPN access on up to 5 devices! Plus, technical support to help with all your family’s security needs.

Parental Controls

Antivirus tools, together with technological support to help you to make you and your child feel comfortable and protected online:

  • Parental controls and advice that is based on psychologists research to understand children’s online behaviours

  • Select the content categories of websites and applications that you want to keep away from your child

  • Child location. Make sure your child is OK even when he/she is not by your side

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Parental Controls

  • Screen time - allows you to monitor and set up time limits

  • Ability to monitor your child’s social media use

  • Advanced controls to help avoid cyber bullying, stalking and grooming, which continues to increase

Webbit247 can provide access to expert support services and world class cyber security. Ideal for continued and secure technology access when your child is online or if you are home schooling - important in recent times during the Covid-19 pandemic!

How else can I protect myself and my family’s devices from hackers and cyber criminals?

Using a VPN is a great start, but it isn’t the only way to protect yourself from hackers online. Try these top tips to help keep your data and devices secure:

  • Always be vigilant. We all make mistakes sometimes, whether we are in a rush, tired or distracted, it is important that you try your best to remain vigilant as hackers can often access our systems when we inadvertently click on a link in an email or text. This could potentially leave you at risk to ransomware and other nasties!

  • Pick a secured Wi-Fi.  If the Wi-Fi network you are using does not require a password then your connection could be at risk to hackers and other online threats. It is very important that when you connect to a Wi-Fi that choose networks that have WPA or WP2 passwords for protected access What’s this? 

  • Don’t set and forget.  Sometimes it is easy to forget what networks you have connected to so it’s important that you don’t set your device to automatically connect to Wi-Fi networks, especially public ones, such as cafes. Make sure your digital device will “forget” certain networks when you disconnect, and that they’ll only reconnect when you choose to do so manually. 

  • Look for the lock icon.  The lock icon should be in the web address bar normally at the top of your screen. You need to make sure that the websites you visit are “HTTPS” encrypted whenever possible and contain. You can do this by looking at the beginning of the URL (website address) you are accessing What’s this? – If the URL starts with “HTTP”, it is not completely secure so it is not advisable to proceed further, particularly if you are doing anything sensitive.

  • Watch for warning signs. You may click on a notification without thinking and you may see warnings such as SSL and TLS warning messages that pop up in your browser when you come across a connection that is not secure and places you at risk. It is critical that you carefully consider what you’re agreeing to before you proceed past or accept warning notifications because it could mean you’re putting your devices and data in danger.

By following these top tips, and by installing the world class Antivirus tools available through Webbit247, you’ll be well on your way to securing your data and devices from hackers, ISPs and other 3rd parties looking to benefit from your lack of privacy!