CyberSecurity

 

    Cybersecurity  or  Information Technology  Security  is  the methods use  to  protect  various

    electronical  gadgets like  computers, mobiles .It also provides safety  to  networks and 

    prevents  data  from  malicious  attacks.

    As  we  all know that Digital  Transactions, Sharing  of  documents  , information  has 

    became  an  important  perspective  in Today's world specially in  the phase of 

    COVID 19. So  it  is  also  known  to  us  that Internet on  one  hand  can  not  only  

    help  us  in  doing  our  work in a faster  way but  also it has certain disadvantages like

    Cyber  crimes  which  leads to tampering of Confidential  data, Money Laundering

    fraud digitally, Hate speeches, and many more crimes due  to  which  Cyber Security  

    has  become  one  of  the  important  issue in today's  day  to  day  working.

   

   Types  of Cyber Crimes faced in 21st Century:

    1. Hacking

    2. Cross Side  Scripting

    3. BotNets

    4. Phishing 

    5. Online scams

    6. Sim Swapping

    7. Web Jacking

    8. Identity Theft

    9. Viruses

   10 .Cyber Stalking 

    Ways and means  to prevent  Cyber Crimes:

    Well  guys  as  you  all know  that  prevention is  better  than  cure. so  why  wait  for

     the  crime  to  happen  when  we  all know  that whenever  we  are  working on 

     internet we are open  to  cyber  crimes anytime and  anywhere.

    There  are  cetain  techniques  to  help  you  from Cyber  Crimes:

    1. Keep  Upto date Antivirus  Software:

        Always  install an antivirus  which  will be  preventing  you from  virus attacks

        and hacker  intrusions into  your computer.

   2. Change  your  passwords  frequently:

       Always  keep  the  habit  of  changing  the  password of your  social profiles and  

       bank  account  details  and  keep  the  password  store  either  in  your  copy

       or in other  place  so  that next  time  you  login you  remember  it.

  3. Avoid  Clicking  on anonymous  links and  replying  to mails "

      This is one  of  the  recent  cyber  crimes  where  you  may  get  a  mail from

      a  person  claiming himself  or herself as  a  businessman and  keeping  very 

      strange names  or  links  which  may  redirect  you  to  any  payment  link

      or  any  link which according  you  has  come  from  unknown  persons

      you  don't  know which  otherwise may  become a bolt  from  blue.  

 4. Backup  Your Data

     This  is  a  very  good  habit  of  keeping  backup of  your data  as you  never

     know when can  an  uncertain  event may occur with  your  PC .

     You  can  either use pen-drives , memory card and  other  secondary  devices

     Apart  from  that  there  are  recent  cloud  services  like Google Drive  

     where  you  can  kepp your  data safely.

  5. Use  Two-Factor Authentication  Mechanism and  profile  lock:

       Keep  the  habit  of  using  Two - Factor Authentication  Method when 

       you  are  using  Social  Profiles and Banking  Transaction  .

       Use  the  profile  lock  to prevent  any  stranger  to download  and

       share  your  personal  photos.