Nowadays, digital data is a commodity for authorities, companies and private individuals that must be actively valued and protected. In the case of companies, this involves, for example, marketing material, business figures and employee data - and private individuals also have financial data and personal information that they want to protect from prying eyes or even publication.
In the face of rapidly increasing cybercrime, more and more people want to secure their networks and devices so that their confidential data really only belongs to them. Why is that?
Cyber crime hits new highs every year
In Germany alone, the number of cybercrime offenses increased in 2021 according to BKA by around twelve percent. There are various reasons why cyber attacks have experienced such a boom in this country (and also worldwide) in the last decade. One of them would be the spread of the 5G network. With its constant expansion, its weak points also multiply. As exciting and exciting as the possibilities of this high-performance network are, new security strategies are needed to protect it from attacks.
Improved technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning are also helping hackers in their machinations. You can now set up intelligent programs to do this job for you without having to manually hack into a network.
Measures to surf the web safely
One of the many ways to actively protect your online activities and data is to use a VPN service. A VPN (Virtual Private Network) establishes a secure connection between an end device and the Internet via a third server and also encrypts all data that is transferred via a connection, making it unreadable for third parties. Users can install the relevant app from a provider on all of their internet-enabled devices and thus easily surf safely both at home and when on the move.
In addition, it is still important to use secure and unique passwords for all accounts - and not to save them in the browser. Instead, all passwords can and should be stored in a digital keychain that is not accessible through the browser. More and more online services and apps are also using the method of two-factor authentication, which creates an additional level of security, especially for applications in which sensitive data is used.
Smartphones and IoT devices are also exposed to cyberattacks
While "cybersecurity" used to mean installing an anti-virus program on your computer for most individuals, today the types of threats have become more diverse, as have the Internet-enabled devices that people use in everyday life. We buy with ours Smartphone write work e-mails, some even have digital credit cards installed on their cell phones. We often do all of this while logged into a public network and are therefore very vulnerable to attack - a treat for hackers and cybercriminals. There are also repeated security gaps in smart homes, which make all networked IoT devices in a household vulnerable and can ensure that users are spied on about their habits and data directly in their house. A current one Study by the TÜV association according to them, this is actually the reason that prevents many potential customers (39%) from buying an IoT device. It is one of many impressive examples of how much both the objective need for better cyber and network security and the social awareness of it have increased significantly in recent years and can no longer be ignored.
