Cybersecurity For Musicians

As in independent musician, you have a multitude of distractions and different things worry about and, although you’re likely on your phone and laptop all the time, the security of these devices probably isn’t a number one concern. Here we examine why you take steps to protect yourself from cyber attacks.

In this latest piece from MusicThinkTank, contributor Magnolia Potter explains why cybersecurity is so important for bands and artists, and what they can do to keep themselves safe from an attack.

“Hackers may target your music, so you’ll need to focus on ways to protect the pieces that are in progress as well as the pieces that you’ve released online. To protect and secure your songs, start by creating a backup of everything so that, even if a hacker gets to one source, you’ll still have those songs in a second secure location. Password protect all of your work to add another level of protection and to keep your songs secure.”

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