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Why Digital Security is a vital CONCERN amid connectivity advancement
Digitals & Ethics Business Development 10/12/2024
As strong fencing is attributed to a secure dwelling environs so are robust digital security measures in the unseen digital space innovations. Digital security are resources employed to safeguard digital assets, online identity, data using technical, procedural, and strategic measures. Global village is simply a world where our personal and professional lives are so interconnecting that our, opponents, business partners and / or target audiences are just an internet-connection away. With such increase in connectivity its vital we set up robust digital security measures.
Digital security measures.
Some of the risks under digital security includes the financial losses, identity theft, reputational damage, and data corruption. Though the hack space is rapidly evolving up to quantum hacking, some of the common available hacking methods includes the Phishing attack, Malware, Ransomware, Denial of Service, Brute force, SQL Injection, MITM Attacks, Zero-Day Exploit, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), Passwords, Spraying, SIM Swapping. Some common measures to mitigate such risks are;
APP - Advanced Protection Program, a program that uses hardware security keys for 2FA, giving a security layer that phishing attack cannot bypass (hackers will need physical device access to access the account).
Facebook’s Phishing Detection and User Reporting System - a proactive detection system that flags suspicious content by use of ML algorithm to detect phishing messages.
Updated software - Some hackers rely on the bottlenecks in the previous versions of a given software to gain your access. OS, Application systems, and Security software including antiviruses ought to be regularly updated to fill the vulnerability gaps that malware can exploit.
Educate users – with the rise in the number of digital product consumers there is rise in its users that asks to continued community awareness on the giant behind the digital space.
Brute force attack - works by conducting a probabilistic search until the desired result or options are exhausted. To encounter such attacks, one may use such preventive measures as 2FA, Account Lockout Mechanisms, Password Hashing and Salting, Strong password policies, and Rate Limiting.
Use of Secure Wi-Fi - use WPA3 or WPA2 encryptions for personal Wi-Fi networks.
IDS and IPS - helps in alerting administrator of a suspicious activity (MITM attack) through monitoring of network. Retail industry and digital security.
Just like any other growth in technology, the rapid growth in retails industry and its market scope expands the digital security space. Such innovations include the increase in e-commerce mobile applications, omni-channel retailing, supply chain digitization, in-store digital solutions etc. The digital transformation has led to access to new markets and demographic with seamless client engagements.
Applications in retail industry.
An increase in digital platform purchasing powers calls for an extra security layer in browsing, payment, and data management.
Automations have streamlined supply chain enabling real-time tracking of inventory, an innovation that call for secure protocols to protect sensitive business information among them being; delivery schedules, and suppliers’ contracts.
Google Wallets, PayPal, and Apple Pay are among the top of rapidly growing digital payment technology having attained the central focus on the retail experience. The emergence of such calls for robust encryption to protect consumers from financial fraud and unauthorized access.
Community empowerment.
Discipline on using digital products is psychological, the number of hours spent, site visited, SCAM require setting clear ground rules, enlightening the community about the positive use of ICT for generational ethical growth, Health model online habits, among other as stipulated on the UNICEF Safe Online.
Government, NGO initiatives have pushed for public to participate in digital healthcare services (SHA) by Kenyan Government, and other forms of encrypted communication systems. This empowers the public in safe participation in the digital economy.
Online Education and Training Platforms - Secure online learning platforms empower individuals by providing access to resources and education. Digital security ensures that learners data is not compromised and that educators can operate safely.
Trends
Digital security is a flexible field that expands with new innovations. The rise of artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, and quantum computing is calling for vigorous research to solutions that will mitigate cyber-crime. AI has improved the crime detection, including being able to facially identify a victim from the crowd in crowded cities. Secure financial transactions through blockchain technology. The growth of data regulatory policies and strategies organizations like GDPR. Finally, while quantum hacking is the next big giant that will shake and break algorithms behind current cryptographic systems like; ECC, and RSA , the ICT geeks have established counter mechanism like quantum-resistant algorithms, quantum-secure blockchain, and quantum computing power that strength the data encryption and improved latency making hackers interception harder.
Conclusion
Digital innovation and growth cannot be separated from digital security as immerse losses ranging from community or retail businesses data theft and malicious usages. Genetts Tech Engineers has taken the initiative of creating community awareness through comprehensive ICT training and robust retail solutions that will instill generational ethical ICT solutions.
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