Sharpen up your security

Businesses invest heavily in IT security, while most home networks are protected by nothing more than an optimistic trust in default settings. Yet, arguably, the stakes are higher for personal devices than corporate ones: the cost of an attack on a company can be absorbed over time, whereas if your computer gets hit by malware, you could lose personal photos or private documents forever.

If you only want to do the bare minimum of network management, therefore, you should focus on security. The basic measures are still worth repeating: use a secure passphrase