“Being secure represents your

sense of worth, your identity,

your emotions, your self-
esteem, and your basic
personal strength”
 S-afe using of Facebook
Account
E-nsures Important Details of
Privacy
C-ontrols your Actions
from
U-nauthorized
Persons
R-estores Data and
Information of
E-ach Facebook
Users
How to SECURE Your
Facebook Account in
just 7 Easy Steps
 How to SECURE Your Facebook Account in just
7 Easy Steps

 Ifyou’ve been using Facebook for a few years, then

you know your account contains a authentic
treasure of information that thieves would just love to
mine.
 Securing your Facebook account is going to go a
long way towards protecting you from exposing a
big piece of your personal life to unpleasant
elements.
 Choose a Strong Password
 Let’sstart with one of the most important things:
choosing a strong password. Your password is the
first and often best security mechanism for
keeping invaders, so take care here. Make sure it
is long (12 to 14 characters or longer), a mix of
characters, and contains no personal
information, since those can be easily can be
socially engineered.
 Let’s
change your
password to something
more secure.
 Accessed using a web
browser by clicking the
little arrow in the upper
right corner and
choosing “Settings”
from the drop-down
menu, so do that now.
When using Mobile Phone:
In the mobile app, tap the “More” button in the lower-right corner,
then scroll to and tap on “Settings”. From the resulting pop up,
choose “Account Settings”.
 Change your Facebook password
 You can change your Facebook password from the
Password section in the Privacy settings. Use your
password generator and password manager to store the
password in a safe place, and you’re good to go.
 Use Login Approvals
 The principle behind it is simple: You sign in with something
you know (your password), and something you have—which is
usually your phone. After entering your password, Facebook
will send a code to your phone that you type in on the site, to
confirm that you are who you say you are. That way, if
someone found out your password, they still wouldn’t be able
to log in without also having your phone. You can get this
code as a text message, or through an authentication app on
your phone like Google Authenticator.
This feature—again, called “Login Approvals” on
Facebook—can be enabled from Settings > Security >
Login Approvals. Check the box next to “Require a
login code to access my account from unknown
browsers”.
STEP : Approval Code
 Nexttime you log in, you’ll be prompted for
your approval code, which should be sent to
your phone.
After entering your code, you will be asked if you
want to store that browser so you don’t have to
enter an approval code next time you log into
Facebook using that browser.
STEP 5: Enable Login Alerts and See Who’s
Logged Into Your Account

 LoginAlerts are one such tool. You’ll find them

under Settings > Security > Login Alerts.
 You can either choose to get a notification on
Facebook, over email, or as a text message. The
next time anyone logs in from an unrecognized
device or browser, you’ll be notified.
This is also another way to see what machines are
logged into your Facebook account. If there are
any you don’t recognize, you can log them out
remotely.
Head to Settings > Security > Where You’re Logged In, and
click “End Activity” for any unfamiliar devices or locations. If
you don’t want to go through and review every session on the
list, click “End All Activity” to log out from all devices on the
list.
You don’t need to save any changes with
this step, once you end activity for a session,
it’s done.
 STEP 6: Audit the Apps that Have Permission
to Access Your Facebook Account
 Other apps can have access to your Facebook account,
too. Head to Settings > Apps and take some time
to remove anything that looks suspicious or you no longer
use.
To remove an app, just hover over it and
click the “X” on the right-hand side.
Alternatively, you can click the “Edit” button
(right next to the Remove button) to change
what information you provide to an app.

STEP 7:
Edit
At the bottom of the Apps Settings screen, you
can change settings for a number of different
items.