With the amount of information and accounts available online, it is important to be safeguarding your information online.
Jack Myers with Social Security advises anyone conducting online business with Social Security to make sure they are visiting the correct website.
Myers indicates there are many basic ways to keep your information safe online. He says to use strong passwords and be sure not to use the same password for every account.
A security factor known as multifactor authentication is coming soon to mySocialSecurity. Myers reports that a multifactor authentication is the use of a username and password as well as a code from a text message or email.
Myers also advises people to read about scam alerts and review your credit reports to make sure there isn't any activity you don't recognize.
