A Brief Note On Google Account Security (Updated 2019)

Everyone nowadays have a Google account as it is the most popular one over the internet. Having a Google account comes with a lot of perks as you need to have a Google account for most of the logins and in using other Google applications and websites.

A Google account is used in Gmail, Google plus, YouTube as well as play store. Without a Google accounts you can miss out on so many stuff which available over the internet.

A Google account helps you in a lot of cases but having a Google account is not enough. You need to also attention to your account security in order to protect your important data from data loss as well as other problems.

Security of your Google account

Google has already rolled out certain improvements in order to ensure all the Google account users, that whatever data that they will save in their Google accounts will remain safe under the account security system.

Google account is the nerve center of everyone’s online activities. Individuals regularly use the account as login links to different administrative websites through unified login, payment services, and different associations. The cyber attackers frequently organize pursuing those records simply for that reason.

In order to include an additional layer of security to accounts data, there is Google account security which you can join up with the Advanced Protection Program.

This ensures you against regular ways individuals hacks your Google accounts in order to get your messages, reports, contacts, and other individual information’s on the go.

If you have a Gmail account it is important for you to use Gmail backup system in order to ensure that you do not lose any of your important data such as emails, passwords, contacts etc. the objective of using Gmail system backup is to keep your Google account data as secure as possible.

How to improve your Google account security?

The two-step verification is the basis of Google account security. It is there to secure your Google account from any kind of intruder that is trying to access your account. The best part of two step verification is that it protects you even when the intruder has your password. This sends a code to your phone every time your account is being logged into some new device.

If you are concerned about the security of your account then you should defiantly check out the activity information on your account on daily basis. This is to see how and when your account has been accessed. You can do so by accessing the detail section of the setting. Now you will be able to see everything about your account. You can also select an option given called “show alert of unusual activity”
It is important for you to secure your Smart phones as well. In case you have an Android phone, you must be using your Google account a lot so it is a lot more important for you to review your security settings on your phone as well. Just go to your setting and then you will be able to find some extra security settings especially for your Google account.

In case you forget your Google account password or username and you are not able to get the verification codes, you will be worried about your account’s security. Good news is Google itself does offer Google Account Recovery service for their users.

So you can again get access to your other accounts such as play store, YouTube, Google plus etc. You are just required to follow some of the steps given on the Google support website in order to recover your Google Account.