Cyber & IT Supervisory Forum - Additional Resources

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17.14.4.2 How Your Name Appears On Your Profile LinkedIn allows you to control how people see your last name on the platform. Hide your last name from people not connected to your account.

17.14.4.3 Reviewing Where Your Name Appears On Your Profile Modify your account’s cus tom URL on your LinkedIn profile to omit your full name.

 Also, it is recommended you do not openly post your resume online.  It is also advised that you review any recommendations you receive and ensure your last name is controlled on them and any other personally identifiable information is not visible in them.

17.14.4.4 Follow Accounts Instead Of Connecting To Them According to LinkedIn, "Connections are members who connected on LinkedIn because they know and trust each other. If you are connected to someone, you will both be able to see each other's shares and updates on your LinkedIn homepages. You can also send messages to your connections on LinkedIn. Following someone on LinkedIn allows you to see the person's posts and articles on your homepage without being connected to

them. However, the person you’re following won't see your posts."

 More is available at the following URL . 475  The Following feature is a valuable tool provided by LinkedIn. It enables sensitive and high profile users to overtly control to whom their accounts connect.  You can always view a list of your followers on your profile page at the following URL . 476  They can also manage who can follow their updates at following URL . 477  Do this to ensure no suspicious or nefarious individuals are remotely viewing your LinkedIn profile. 17.14.4.5 Searching For People On LinkedIn Assuming you controlled your account’ s last name and photo, it is more difficult for threat actors to spoof your LinkedIn account with a doppelgänger account. 478  Regardless, search your name in LinkedIn to look for any 3rd-degree connections who may be trying pass themselves off as the real you.  The article at the following URL offers a great overview for how to search. 479  You can also perform Boolean searches on LinkedIn. Instructions for how to do this are available at the following URL . 480  Also, if you want a better understanding about how your network and degrees of connection work on LinkedIn, read the article at the following URL . 481

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