Are you doing everything you can to ensure that your clients’ information is safe and secure from hackers? The National Association of Realtors® has provided some tips on what you need to do to protect your clients’ data, and I’d like to share a couple of them with you.

• Check with your legal department or state association regarding “client security laws”
• Attend security training on how to best handle, store, retain and destroy data
• Limit access to sensitive data to only a few people
• Block access of employees who have left the company
• Don’t share user names and passwords
• Use “strong” user names and passwords
• Update passwords every few months
• Encrypt sensitive information (including emails, contracts and files)
• Lock file cabinets, and don’t leave files on your desk
• Log off your computer when done for the day
• Regularly run virus and anti-spyware programs
• Use a firewall to prevent hackers and protect against viruses
• Notify your broker if your computer, laptop or mobile device has been hacked

While NAR provided many other tips, I wanted to share with you some that you can implement right now!

What other things have you done to protect your clients’ information from hackers so I can also add them to this list?