Free Cybersecurity Resources for Home and Small Office: A Starter Hub

Good security advice is free, but it is scattered across dozens of sites and buried under product marketing. This hub collects a small set of resources that are maintained by public agencies or long-established services and written for non-specialists.

Start here: the basics in plain language

• NCSC top tips for staying secure online from the UK's National Cyber Security Centre gives a short list of actions for individuals and families, with step-by-step instructions for common devices.
• CISA cybersecurity best practices cover the same core habits from the U.S. perspective, with tip sheets for individuals and organisations.

Check whether your details have leaked

• Have I Been Pwned lets you check whether an email address appears in known data breaches and sign up for alerts. If it does, change the password for the affected service and anywhere you reused it.

Recognise and report scams

• The FTC's guide to recognising and avoiding phishing scams includes examples and reporting routes.
• Our own checklist, How to Spot a Phishing Email, condenses the warning signs into nine quick checks.

Protect your accounts

• CISA's page on multi-factor authentication explains why a second factor matters.
• Our walkthrough on setting up two-factor authentication lists which accounts to secure first.

For small businesses

If you run a small office, begin with three things: unique passwords stored in a password manager, multi-factor authentication on email and finance accounts, and tested backups. Those three steps address a large share of the incidents small organisations actually face. Once they are in place, national agency guides for small businesses are a sensible next step for policies and staff training.

Suggestions for resources to add are welcome through our contact page. We only list sources that are free to use and not primarily selling a product.

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