Cyber crime is a global problem that needs to be addressed as urgently as possible with strict measures. It is foolish to think that cyber crime only affects those on whom it befalls. It affects each and every one of us. For example, if a food delivery app gets hacked, then all of us who have ever used it will also be in the danger of getting duped through our leaked passwords, addresses and payment methods. Here are a few ways through which we can collectively fight and curb cyber crime.
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1. Practising Digital Hygiene:
Practising digital hygiene is our foremost responsibility. From keeping strong and unique passwords to enabling multi-factor authentication to updating our software and applications as soon as security updates are rolled out, everything can make a huge difference in our fight to stop cyber incidents.
2. Hiring ethical hackers:
Ethical hackers form a crucial line of defense against cyber crime. CEH(Certified Ethical Hacker) professionals, penetration testers, and other equally talented individuals are needed to protect our virtual world. As businesses, we need to spend a significant amount of our budgets on cyber security by hiring white hat hackers and information security experts.
3. Promoting Cyber Security Education:
We all need to change our perspective towards cybersecurity as a career. There are millions of cybersecurity jobs that are unfilled due to the lack of suitable talent. Promotion of ethical hacking training, cyber forensics training and other cybersecurity courses need to be geared up to attract more students and professionals in this career.
4. Reporting Cyber Crime:
Whenever any of us comes across any cyber regulation violation, we must ensure that we report it to the concerned authorities as soon as possible.
5. Saying no to Piracy and Freebies:
All of us love freebies, but free and pirated stuff on the internet is one of the major reasons of cyber crime. Hackers lure people into downloading malware via freebies. Let us all say no to piracy and freebies and not only curb cyber attacks but also help fuel the economy in this process.
6. Backing up our Important Data Regularly:
Backing up our important data on a regular basis can prevent cyber incidents from being as damaging as they currently are. Most of the time, cyber attacks lead to loss of important data, recovering which takes a lot of time, money and resources.
7. Being Alert and Informed:
Most of all, we need to be informed and alert about cyber threats. Sometimes, just being careful and vigilant is necessary to stop cyber attacks from happening. We must keep ourselves updated with cyber security practices and follow them to a T.
8. Increasing Our Online Privacy:
Don’t leave your private details out on the social media for anyone to see. We hardly care about who is accessing our information because we are under the impression that no one has enough motive to hack us. But this cannot be further from the truth. If you are an employee of an organisation, then you are always on the radar of hackers. Thus, we must keep our social media profiles locked and private as much as we can.
9. Staying on Top of Cyber Crime News:
It is high time that we start including cyber crime and cyber security news in our daily content diet. Knowing about recent hacks and the latest developments in the Information Security field can help us stay one step ahead of the hackers.
If we all just do our tiny bit in stopping cyber crime, then the day won’t be far when we can use the internet without being afraid of dangers lurking in every corner 24/7.
