While you are busy growing your valuable connections and updating your LinkedIn profile, do not forget to implement important strategies to help protect your LinkedIn data. If you have not given security much thought, it’s a great time to get the protective measures up, as after all, it is your identity at stake.
Enable the Two-Factor Authentication (2FA):
Go into your LinkedIn “Settings & Privacy” tab and enable the two-factor authentication (2FA). This action will significantly enhance the protection of your LinkedIn account. It’s like the 2FA for your mobile banking where it requires you to provide a second form of verification (in addition to your password), typically a temporary code sent to your mobile device. This will help to strengthen the defence against unauthorised login attempts, even if they manage to obtain your password.
Use an Authenticator App
For enhanced security beyond the LinkedIn 2FA authentication above, consider using authenticator apps such as Authy or LastPass which provide additional security by generating time-based one-time passwords for the 2FA. How this works: you store your 2FA codes within these apps. This is additional security to fight against unauthorised mobile SIM Card interception.
Back Up Your LinkedIn Data and Connections:
It is good practice to have a routine for backing up your LinkedIn data and connections, just like reminders to update your password regularly. Here are the steps:
1. Export Your LinkedIn Data:
You can request an archive of your data, including your profile, connections, messages and articles. Go to your LinkedIn settings, click on the "Data Privacy" tab, and select the option to download your data. Follow the LinkedIn prompts to generate your backup file.
2. Encrypt & Store Data Securely:
Once you have obtained your downloaded LinkedIn data, encrypt the backup file and ensure the data is stored securely. You could look at cloud storage solutions with encryption and access controls to store your data securely and have access to it as needed.
3. Calendarise to Update Your Backup regularly:
As with passwords, it is worthwhile to calendarise this backup process to capture changes to your LinkedIn profile and updated connections. This could look like a quarterly backup or monthly if you are a creator and growing your profile at a faster speed. It is as simple as setting a reminder in your calendar to export and store an updated backup copy of your data.
Hope these strategies help to look after your LinkedIn profile and connections data.
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