Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Risks on the Internet

By Karlo G. Peres


Is it World wide web a secure place? Is there any risk sharing our information? Computer software for virus removal is really required?

These are typically some of the questions that appear at the time we are aware about the increasing interdependence we have created with informatics equipment. At the end of 2011 much more than 2.3 millions of people used Internet, Five-hundred times the volume of 2000. More than 32.7% worldwide human population was just separated by a few clicks of the mouse. Ciberworld is increasing quickly and would be irresponsible not to assume a serious attitude regarding it. Pernicious minds are always getting advantage of network's anonymity.

HDs keep our most personal memories; from our PC, cell phone or tablet we shop, we make many economic transactions and we share likes and dislikes with friends. Today, being enough ingenuous, each one of these information could be in unscrupulous hands. Any virus or other malware introduced by a extractible device or via the computer network could erase our HD info and even to set it out of work, it could give total control of our system to an unfamiliar individual or just it could modify our files attributes making us to loss our precious time. The cost of of being linked is not only just the price of our bandwidth. A cybercriminal gains by stealing our bank account or just by the benefits our own identities could provide them online. Companies also are vulnerable, 2011 statistics show enterprises losses up to 36.5 millions registering attacks to any size and profiles enterprises.

We ask then: are we able to do something to safeguard ourselves as individuals or as part of a business?

Yes, we can.

We can install validated anti-virus and firewalls software and set up them to check our email and connection to the internet. We can periodically back-up our data and execute only certified programs. By analyzing which SO give us a better risk-benefits balance we also maximize our security. We should establish an efficient updates policy to fix any weakness. But, depending on how we value our data, it may be more reasonable to find a high quality support.

Fortunately there are a few IT organizations offering solutions like this, they rely on a ready workforce capable of give you technical assistance at the level you need. Keep in mind that is often better to have a reliable help instead of leaving our secureness to the mercy of unknowns.




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