What is cyber hygiene?

Routine habits that reduce cyber risk.

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  1. Routine habits that reduce cyber risk ✔
  2. Washing your keyboard with soap
  3. A type of computer virus

Why: Cyber hygiene includes updates, backups, strong passwords, and firewalls as routine habits.

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Cyber hygiene is brushing your teeth for your data.
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Answer: Routine habits that reduce cyber risk. Cyber hygiene includes updates, backups, strong passwords, and firewalls as routine habits.

  1. Computer security en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_security
    The most common acts of digital hygiene can include updating malware protection, cloud back-ups, passwords
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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