Top tips for staying secure online — by National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC, UK)

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Six practical habits for households: a separate strong email password, updates, two-step verification, a password manager, backups and passwords made of three random words.

Quick steps

Use a strong, unique password for your email
Keep software and apps updated
Turn on two-step verification
Use a password manager
Back up important files
Use three random words for hard-to-crack passwords

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Source: Top tips for staying secure online by National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC, UK). Licence: Link only (©).

Source reviewed: 2026-11-02
Link checked: 2026-11-02
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