ITP.net – Safer Internet Day: Awareness and education remain key to online safety, say experts

Morey Haber, chief security officer at BeyondTrust, underlined that there’s no age limit when it comes to practising online safety. “We should consider teaching all users to be wary of risks of opening suspicious file attachments, unknown links and taking unknown phone calls and text messages,” he said. When it comes to email security, Haber noted that it is always important to remember that while an email may come through to your inbox, it is impossible to screen them for all possible threats. “Security best practices teach us to verify the source before we open the attachment. Similarly, users should also err on the side of caution when it comes to clicking links from unknown or unverified sources.”

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