What is Cyber Hygiene? Definition, Benefits, & Best Practices

### Executive Summary This blog post explains the concept and importance of cyber hygiene, describes common challenges organizations face (inadequate resources, budget constraints, limited expertise), and provides six practical best practices — including creating/enforcing a cyber hygiene policy, using appropriate security tools, secure authentication and access controls, endpoint protections, adopting cybersecurity frameworks (NIST, CIS, ISO), and regular data backups — and notes how SecurityScorecard’s ratings can help assess and improve an organization's cyber hygiene.