--Originally published at Tech and no-tech
Cyber security, cybersecurity, IT security…all of these are terms that are being used a lot lately. All of these make reference to the protection of information systems. Cyber security include protection to hardware, software, and information in it. People dedicate their work to make this happen and make IT systems safe.
How does this affect me? Why should I care? Bad news, you should care, because your important information might be in risk. Bank account information, social network information, private information; if it is in the internet or in any of your systems (computer, smart phone, tablet, etc), it is in risk of being hacked or infected.
The amount of information on the network is overwhelming and some of this information is so important and is less secure than we think, because nothing is really safe on the Internet. This means, information from the government, corporations and banks is not safe. This affects us in a very obvious way if you ask me, because we are vulnerable from all places, the web sites we visit, the spam and phishing mails we receive in our email and the payments we do through the Internet.
Nowadays, the world is interconnected more than ever before. This maybe be because of the big trends and directions that technologies are taking, the Internet of things for example. But as much facilitation and advantages these technologies bring to the table, we are exposing ourselves more and more to the cyberspace.The increased connectivity brings increased risk to theft, fraud and abuse of the vulnerabilities that these technologies will have. As time goes on, humanity is more reliant on modern technology and the risk of security breaches, spear phishing and social media fraud will always be there. The problem becomes bigger and bigger the more technology is connected to 
This is a call to people to be smarter and more cautious to be aware of how much of your own personal information is in the Internet. Anything that becomes part of the cyberspace will never disappear and will eventually be available for someone to hack and steal. Privacy is something that is disappearing slowly as technology progresses to get involved in more aspects of our life. We should be aware and research how to use any device that we want to use safely. We should not be ignorant when it comes to our privacy.
Anti-malware and anti-virus software help protect your devices. The problem with these software is that they can not control what people do. It is a fact that we, humans, are stupid and we tend to do stupid things. Like what? Like having the same password for every single account we have in the internet, like having the password to our accounts be “password”, “123456”, or our birthday in different formats.
What can I do?
- Have one different and unique password for each account.
- Long passwords with combinations of lower and upper case letters and special characters.
- Set double authentication to what you can.
- Do not connect to any unprotected Wi-Fi network.
- Encrypt your files.
- Do not trust everything you see in the internet. PLEASE!!!!!
Care about others. If you get infected, you are more likely to infect others.
Care about yourself. Protect your information, you do not want people have access to your personal privacy.
www.forbes.com/sites/larrymagid/2014/10/01/why-cyber-security-matters-to-everyone/#5fe158681fd0
In collaboration with:
- Fernando Chavez – ferchavezsite.wordpress.com
- Gabriel – lazynesstothemax.wordpress.com
- Rodolfo Padro – rodolfopadro.wordpress.com
