hey guys welcome back this is Bernardo from BTNHD and yes it is 2019 and I'm gonna give
you guys seven tips to lock down your technology for the new year okay so I
normally carry this little black book because when stuff pops in my head I got
to write it down but I'm getting extremely old to remember things so I
have my list right here of the top 7 things that I'm gonna go over with you
guys to lock down your tech for 2019 so number one in my list up before I even
start it's not in any specific order okay but number one in my list is start
using a password manager do not use the same password for everything that you
use for your banking for your email or anything change the password password
manager is great because it's able to generate a password if you're not very
creative and then you're able to save it now the one that I like to use is key
pass I think it's keypads the reason why I like it is because it has a nice
little application and it's the file you open up that file and then you know
unlock it with a master password there's other services out there cloud services
I don't really like the cloud services because again it's on someone else's
server but with the file I have like a flash drive the flash drive I can store
it on the bank or I can store it somewhere else or it's just there for me
but make sure to start using a password manager number two on my list is start
using two-step authentication enable that it is a great feature it is a
second layer to get into other services for example if you have Gmail Gmail has
two-step you're able to enable it when you log into your Gmail account you will
receive a text like a six digit PIN to enter it before actually logging into
the inbox a lot of baking websites do this right now
I know Gmail does it office 365 definitely does it and other services so
if whatever site you're logging into 24/7 make sure it does have two step and
just enable number three in my list is something that you guys should be doing
every single day it doesn't matter the year it could be 2025 you should be
doing this all the time and that's backing up your computer now I can't
give you guys a recommendation but I personally like to use two of them which
is CrashPlan and Backblaze the reason why is because the pricing is great and
you can just store unlimited stuff CrashPlan is great because I think they
have like a two year previous versions you can go back two years and recover
some but you're gonna pay a little bit more money if you use CrashPlan
Backblaze is great I think I'm paying five or six dollars a month and it's
great now number four my list is something that you guys should be doing
I would say every quarter or every six months or so is making sure that your
router is up to date make sure that the firmware is upgraded if your router is
pretty slow or out-of-date I was outside and look into getting another router the
one that I recommend would be unified but you got to have a controller and you
have to have a switch if you want something that you're able to set it up
quickly and still have management look into Synology the RT 26 kontrick AC I
did it like review for you guys in the unboxing I love that device really
self-explanatory I think the price tag on that was about $2.99 so definitely
make sure that your router is up to date your firewall settings are up to date on
the router side okay number five in my list is all about plugins so if you use
Chrome or Firefox or even Internet Explorer and use plugins within your
browser to make your life easy I'm saying it's time for you to start
looking into the plugins and do a little cleanup so if you have plugins that you
haven't seen or used for many years remove them just remove them okay just
keep the ones that you need I'm a six of my list is all about removing
third-party access from Facebook Twitter YouTube your gmail account anything that
you're using everyday and in the past you've given these third-party
applications access a full access to these accounts and you don't need them
to have says remove them I get them out of there
and number seven in my list which is the last one is all about encrypting your
phone as well as your computer you're probably saying to yourself what do you
mean by encrypting my computer in my phone on the phone side I would
definitely enable if you have an iPhone on Android
I would definitely enable if someone enters your password a certain amount of
times and it's wrong it will completely wipe it clean on the computer side
you're able to encrypt the hard drive on the PC side I think you have like
BitLocker and on the Mac side you have like file vault just encrypt it so if
something happens to your laptop and it gets stolen it's locked down no one is
able to get into it that's it guys those are my top seven tips that I could give
you guys to lock down your tech for this year 2019 don't get me wrong on these
tips can be used every single year as long as you are on top of things so
hopefully you guys enjoy if you have other tips to lock down your technology
for this year or the upcoming year or the future leave them at the comment
section and don't forget about hitting that like button and I catch you guys on
the next one peace out