How to protect yourself from cyber attacks?

Introduction

Cyber security is the practice of securing your computer, mobile devices, and networks from malicious attacks. Today post the pandemic a lot of work has moved online in almost every field like education, health, commerce communication, etc.

The advent of cheap and high-speed internet in India one hand has opened various opportunities for us but on the other hand, has increased the risk of cyber crimes in our country.

Thus, it is important to impart knowledge about cyber-ethics, cyber safety, and cyber security issues in the minds of our people from a young age.

Necessity

Before understanding how we should practice cyber-security we need to understand why cybersecurity is important.

Data in today’s day and age is the most valuable asset at every level- for individuals, co-operates, and countries.

For individuals it is important to prevent unauthorized access to their computer systems, security during online transactions, also a security while using social media sites like Instagram, Facebook, Instagram, etc. While for cooperates, it is important to secure the data related to its employees, protect confidential reports, and provide limited access at various managerial levels. For countries, it is essential to protect sensitive information related to national security and prevent potential cyber-attacks aiming to harm the country.

Challenges

Today there are multiple challenges faced by users at every level. At an organizational level, a firm has to face ethical and legal problems, a lot of problems could be due to negligence, communication gap and lack of acceptance, advancement in technology has led to more complicated and sophisticated cyber security attacks.

The increase in the use of technology in education puts the young population at a higher risk of cyber security crimes. This is due to a lack of awareness; the source material is not interactive and thus difficult for people to understand and apply in real life.

At a personal level, users often do not update their firewall or antivirus which could lead to potential phishing or virus attacks. Internet could be misused by children in the absence of parental control.  

Measures to be taken to ensure cyber security

After understanding the necessity and challenges related to cyber security, let us now understand various measures to ensure it at various levels.

At the organizational level, proper coordination between the top-level management, the data, and the employees plays an important role the in ensuring the safety of the customers. Security systems should not only be carefully created, developed, or maintained but they must also be ensured that people’s participation also exists. Proper rules and regulations related to the cyber security of users and employees.

At a general level, it is important to develop knowledge related to security. At an individual level, it is important to always keep a backup of your information, learn safe messaging skills, and creating hard to crack passwords.

Conclusion

The rise in the usage of the internet in India has created several opportunities for its people but this rapid change has also created a unique set of problems as well. Thus it is important to identify the necessity and challenges as well as measures to counter these at the organization and personal as well as at levels of the states and country.