LinkedIn Hardening Guide

Finding Privacy & Security Settings

Step 1

Navigate to [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/)

Step 2

Click your profile icon

Step 3

Click Settings & Privacy

Where to Find Your Personal Information

Step 4

Click your profile icon

Step 5

Click Settings & Privacy

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Click Name, location, and industry

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Here, you can edit the information that will appear on your profile, including your name, and current job

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You can also edit your education and current location. Click save when you are done. Then, click edit contact info

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You can also change your profile URL, change your primary email, add a phone number, adjust your birthday, and add any other websites you'd wish to link to

How to Update Your Password

Step 10

Go back to the settings page

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Click Sign in & security

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Click Change password

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Enter your old password and create a new one. Re-type your ned password and hit save password

Enabling Two-Factor Authentication

Step 14

Go back to the settings page

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Click Sign in & security

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Click Two-step verification

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Click Set up

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Select your authentication method and hit continue. BlackCloak recommends using an authentication app

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Enter your account password and hit submit

Step 20

Open your authenticator app and enter in the key provided by LinkedIn. Then hit continue

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Once you enter in the key, enter the six digit code provided by the authenticator app, and hit verify to complete the process

See Active Sessions

Step 22

Go back to the settings page

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Click Sign in & security

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Click Where you're signed in

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Here, you can see all of the locations where you've logged into your LinkedIn account. If any of these do not look familiar, click end these sessions

Adjusting Profile Privacy Settings

Step 26

Go back to the settings page

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Click Visibility

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Click Profile viewing options

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Here, you can adjust what people can see when they view your profile. It can either be your name and title, only the place where you work, or you will be in complete private mode

Step 30

Back on the visibility page, click edit your public profile

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On the right hand side, you'll be able to choose whether your profile will be public. You can also determine who can see your profile photo

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Further down, you can also choose whether anyone can see any of these pieces of information

Step 33

Back on the visibility page, click who can see or download your email address

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Here you can choose who can see your email address in your profile

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Back on the visibility page, click Profile discovery and visibility off LinkedIn

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Here, you can choose whether people that use certain permitted services can view your profile

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Back on the visibility page, click Profile discovery using email address

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Here, you can choose who can discover your profile or connect with you if they have your email address

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On the visibility page, click Profile discovery using phone number

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Here, you can choose who can discover your profile or connect with you if they have your phone number

Managing Post Privacy

Step 41

When you are going to post, click on the box that says your name

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Here you can choose whether your post can be seen by anyone on LinkedIn or only by your connections. You can also choose to send your post to any linked social media platforms, or certain groups you have joined. After you made your decision, click done