Secure Your Home Network - 9 EASY STEPS!

[@maurosgarage]

one of the best KZbin channels. always informative and straight to the point

[@randomdazz]

Shannon is one of the only people I trust with security in IT

[@jeffhale1189]

Thanks for sharing these security tips. Blessings on your day.

[@robertmcelfresh1031]

Idea: Create a series of videos like you visited a elderly relative and found no passwords on anything, old OS, running PC as 'admin', etc. Show how to clean/scan devices, protect them but then make it still useful for casual users who do not eat, drink, breathe security. Take someone with little to no protection to a modest level of protection.

[@HarryBallsOnYa345]

I would like to even see one step further and when you visit said relatives house you find some malware on the machine, how would you go about removing it and ensuring the network is now secure. With all the numbers of infected devices the odds of at least one relative being infected are pretty decent.

[@BeWhoYouWant2]

Ha I literally just watched the IoT episode where you asked if we wanted THIS video. Glad people said yes :)

[@God77Particle]

Your a life saver Sailor Moon Shannon ❤❤❤Thank you.This video was right on time!❤❤❤❤

[@mar4kl]

I was so captivated by your expert advice and the clear, easy-to-understand, friendly way in which you presented it that I didn't notice until almost the end that your hair matched your sweater! Great information delivered with finesse -- how could anybody not like this?

[@thumper84]

Distracting, spent furst half video wanting to pull her hair

[@armedscubasteve]

Thanks Shannon! I've been working on my Unifi controller. Implementing better firewall rules. Preventing VLAN to VLAN communication. Blocking my security cameras from accessing the internet. Blocking my IoT devices from communicating with other devices on my network. I update my Wifi security settings often. Also keep my printers on their own VLAN network too.

[@armedscubasteve]

Been updating my account passwords too for my emails and all my other accounts.

[@BlackBagData]

I need to dig deeper into my UniFi system as well. I did just buy the UniFi cable modem. Glad to add that last piece of management into a unified setup.

[@KevinLudwick]

Thanks Shannon! Just implemented #7 and made the IoTs own network. Great sweater to match your hair as well.

[@alexflores7652]

Thank you that had a lot of good tips to follow or to refresh your memory about your own home network security. I really enjoy watching your videos.

[@ShannonMorse]

Glad it was helpful!

[@alexflores7652]

@@ShannonMorse I find all of your videos useful, educational and entertaining to watch. I have been using more 2FA and using the fingerprint reading on my phone more and more for authentication and logging into sites and apps that allow it. The first site and app that I started using it was for my SNAP foodstamp card then for X/Twitter.

[@edwinbaezjr.945]

Thank you, thank you, thank you Ms. Morse!!

[@randomdazz]

oh i forgot to say I wanted you to do a video like this - yay ive been waiting for this! :)

[@Vamanos46]

Can you please look into products like peplink routers and give do a detailed review on some of their lineup?

[@somethingelse25]

Great ideas! I'll create a user account for Windows and more! Like clear my cache and cookies. I also leave Bluetooth off until i need it.

[@winegeek2949]

i'm just here for the coolest hair ever 😊

[@Codger2015]

The best time of the month to update Windows OS is during the last week of the month because by this time Microsoft had been notified of bugs and then you could assume these bugs were fixed. I always wait until the last week and better yet I wait until the last Thursday or Friday, as in typically anywhere beyond the 25th or 26th of the month.

[@JesusVillanueva]

Regarding No. 7... I want to follow this advice but don't know how to create different networks for my IoT devices (Hub is ethernet connected) and the Wifi access points providing access for my other devices. I heard of using multiple routers, but what is the setup that requires the least devices.

[@stuartlaird7341]

Not all routers support multiple WiFi networks (SSID's) or even having a guest network.

[@jedikv]

Great video. Shared it with some of my (IRL) network. I'm curious as to what good options you'd recommend checking out for anti malware software, and how that's different from anti-virus.

[@janokartal5690]

Nice work Shannon keep it up 😊

[@111smd]

there is one thing you forgot to mention that is that no mater what you do you must keep up on your security because if you do not then all you have done can come for not as my favorite saying that has ever been said is "What mankind can make mankind can break." i recommend doing a security check of your system once a month minimum, pick a day and stick to it, be it the first Saturday of the month or what have you that involves updates, checking for unknown devices, malware checks, etc.

[@Kaspeyskis.]

Subscribing to Shannon Morse channel instantly grants 10% to home network security. Keep up with excellent content.

[@vandorb12]

It also increases chances of seeing rainbows and cute critters by 5%. It's a good buff.

[@YannMetalhead]

Good video.

[@XInfinity2024]

Another thing that can be used in your tool belt is have a bait crypto wallet that has a QR code or what ever that isn't a public facing one and have some crypto on it. If you see the crypto has gone missing you will know someone has been in your system

[@alexunixaxwell3952]

The first step of securing your home network is forcing ISPs to allows us to use our own routers...

[@emorysmith197]

This is awesome!!!! Do you have a recent video on anti-virus suggestions and ideas.

[@Jrr-k2g]

If ur not being targeted, ur pretty much safe.

[@raymondrizzuto7997]

I have a google mesh router that only has a guest network. It allows me to make devices on the main network visible on the guest network as well - I do that just for the printer. I am curious if there are any consumer grade mesh routers that support 3 networks: main, guest and IOT. Also, I would still want to connect from the main network to the IOT network (but not the other way) so I can cast to smart tvs, controll my garage door opener, etc.

[@chrisw1462]

ROFL.. If you haven't seen your router and/or modem in a few years, there probably aren't any current updates for them. One of the few appliances I actually recommend replacing LESS than every 10 years.

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

EERO Pro 6 Routers are very secure.

[@dvn8ter]

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[@robertmcelfresh1031]

I TRIED creating both an Admin account and User account so my day-to-day use In Windows did not have Admin rights. It failed. Way too many simple things needed the Admin rights to work.

[@anthonytriana4209]

Shannon, do you have any recommendations for a new Wi-Fi router? There are so many brands and so many models as well asstandard Wi-Fi and mesh Wi-Fi. Help!!!! Any recommendations would be helpful.

[@vandorb12]

Too many variables to consider. Focus on what your budget is, what features you want. It should narrow down your search considerably.

[@notapplicable2636]

Shannon, would you recommend using MAC ID filtering within a 3rd party router if possible? Was just something that I have seen used on my family's home network I'm the past and haven't seen that used in recent years..?

[@stuartlaird7341]

MAC filtering is strong, but, must be managed, and many modern portable devices use MAC spoofing to conceal ID. IIRC it is on by default on an iPhone. If you can have a strong passphrase on your WiFi and use WPA2 or 3 it is a little excessive. If on the other hand your have devices with a maximum WiFi password length of, say, 12, or require WPS then you may want to consider using MAC filtering.

[@trp225]

While possible to use please in mind that #1 your MAC/Phyiscal/HardWare Address is always sent in the clear. #2 and it is possible to spoof/clone them.

[@TheMisanthrope.]

Hi Shannon...does DeleteMe work for Europeans?

[@Belkacemnotafraid]

hack 5 its nothing without you really

[@joeltyler3427]

I wished that Windows sandbox was available for Home. not pro and above.

[@m4rt_]

Technically you don't really need anti-virus software, except maybe the occasional spot check. But I guess it might be useful if you like to download random stuff from the internet. If you have some common sense, and keep an eye out, you'll be fine for the most part. Also, if you are on Windows, then Windows Defender is likely more than good enough.

[@ShannonMorse]

I showed windows defender in this video, and also said you can use the built in AV that comes with your OS. I also mention that if you use good security hygiene online, you generally don't need to pay for 3rd party software. So it sounds like we're on the same page.

[@CoverageAwarenessStudio]

so weird that NSA, the one's who actually spy on it's own people, are giving insights on how to stay secure.

[@jsturaveragedad]

can I put my IoT devices on the guest network?

[@ShannonMorse]

Yes! Just make sure the guest network is password protected. My guest network requires guests to click on a sign on page that opens in their browser (kinda like how hotels do it). This defends against some attacks. If you put iot devices on the guest network, don't create a sign in page, as this can prevent some iot products from being able to connect.

[@jsturaveragedad]

Thanks @@ShannonMorse !! I was watching networks chuck's videos about subnetting, but that's too much math for me to handle.

[@kevjaesome3809]

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[@Mrajtheartist]

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[@merkury28]

Shannon, You should drop those glasses 🤓😉

[@vrontogatos]

The sure thing about oses regarding security: NEVER use windows. Never.

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

if only windows would allow sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y enter your password

[@stuartlaird7341]

Run as admin, winget upgrade -h --all