Online Data and Security
If it’s the privacy policies for a website you visit or a password that protects your email account, we’re often confronted by security issues online. The results of a survey conducted by AnchorFree reveal that a large number of Americans are rethinking their beliefs and attitudes toward privacy policies, passwords, and cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity deals with safeguarding against attacks targeting the security, reliability or confidentiality of networks and information systems. It involves identifying threats, testing systems, educating employees, and establishing an incident response plan.
A cyberattack could expose your personal data, including personal information, to unauthorised people who might want to use it for financial gain as well as social engineering or as weapons in an active attack on the company’s networks and systems. These attackers might also infect your devices using ransomware that blocks access to the device or network and demands payment in exchange for release.
Privacy is the right to control and keep your personal data private. It’s important to know what information is collected, and where it is going. That’s why you need to read the terms of service on any website that prolific status collects data.
Data privacy involves ensuring that only people with the right privileges are able to view or manage your personal data and utilizing strong encryption in order to block access by anyone else. Data privacy practices can reduce the risk of losing your data from malicious or accidental leaks and breaches, and can protect you from identity theft and other forms of cybercrime.
