8 Security Essentials for Managing Your Online Presence

This guide for election officials summarizes the online threat environment and presents eight practical steps to protect personal and professional accounts: enable MFA, use strong unique passwords with a manager, stay vigilant against phishing, keep devices and apps updated, avoid insecure public Wi‑Fi or use a VPN, monitor account activity and breach exposure, tighten privacy settings (including location controls), separate personal and professional accounts/devices, and discuss online privacy with family members to reduce targeting and exposure.