{"id":7207,"date":"2018-02-20T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=7207"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:06:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:06:03","slug":"secure-home-wireless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/02\/20\/secure-home-wireless\/","title":{"rendered":"Secure your home wireless network"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7210\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7210\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7210\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/35223862-e1518553765221.jpeg\" alt=\"woman's hands using tablet with laptop in BG\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/ipad-tablet-technology-touch-820272\/\">(fancycrave1, pixabay.com, CC0)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you use a wireless internet connection at home, secure your network so that only those you allow can access it.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are two basic steps to securing your home wireless connections:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Update all your Internet-enabled devices with the latest operating systems, web browsers, and security software.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This includes any mobile devices that access your wireless network, such as Internet of Things (IoT) devices like an Internet-enabled thermostat, lights, refrigerator, and so on.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Secure your wireless router.<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The default settings on your wireless router, such as a generic password, can be compromised to enable outsiders to get access to your network. For a list of secure settings and other things you can secure a wireless router, see <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.safecomputing.umich.edu\/protect-yourself\/secure-your-devices\/home-wireless-network\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Secure Your Home Wireless Network<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you use a wireless internet connection at home, secure your network so that only those you allow can access it.\u00a0There are two basic steps to securing your home wireless connections: Update all your Internet-enabled devices with the latest operating systems, web browsers, and security software. This includes any mobile devices that access your wireless network, such as\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/02\/20\/secure-home-wireless\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":7210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[256,23,83],"class_list":["post-7207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-safe-computing","tag-network","tag-security","tag-wifi"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/35223862-e1518553765221.jpeg",630,420,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/35223862-125x83.jpeg",125,83,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/35223862-300x200.jpeg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/35223862-768x512.jpeg",665,443,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/35223862-700x466.jpeg",600,399,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/35223862-e1518553765221.jpeg",630,420,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/35223862-e1518553765221.jpeg",630,420,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/35223862-200x140.jpeg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/35223862-60x42.jpeg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/35223862-658x300.jpeg",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/35223862-665x443.jpeg",665,443,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/35223862-e1518553765221.jpeg",375,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Matt Martin, ITS Privacy Office","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mattmart\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"If you use a wireless internet connection at home, secure your network so that only those you allow can access it.\u00a0There are two basic steps to securing your home wireless connections: Update all your Internet-enabled devices with the latest operating systems, web browsers, and security software. 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