“At CISA, we are committed to helping Americans better protect themselves online. This holiday shopping season, we’re here to provide a few easy steps to prevent you from becoming a victim of cyber-crime. 

“Using strong passwords, updating your software, thinking before you click on suspicious links, and turning on multi-factor authentication are the basics of what we call ‘cyber hygiene’ and will drastically improve your online safety. 

“Here are the 4 common sense ways to protect yourself online:

• Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) on your accounts and make it much less likely you’ll get hacked.
• Update your software. In fact, turn on automatic updates. 
• Think before you click. Most successful cyber-attacks start with a phishing email. 
• Use strong passwords, and ideally a password manager to generate and store unique passwords.”