As technology advances, a growing need for better digital security become more apparent. Our lives are dominated by digital devices and profiles through various organizations putting us at greater risk of being hacked by criminals. Simple passwords are easily hacked by third party software. That being the case, almost everything about a person can be stolen if such tactics are employed.
I worked in a organization that was hacked and personal information about the employees were stolen. After the attack was initiated, there wasn’t much that the company I worked for could do about it. They did give all of us identity theft subscriptions through a third party for two years but our information was already stolen and probably being used.
With better security measures, people do not have to worry about third party criminals stealing our identities, social security numbers or personal information. Most people don’t think about the accessibility that cyber criminals have to the lay person on the internet. VPN’s must be employed along with anti-virus software that seeks out malware, worms, Trojan horses, etc. and keeps them from infecting your personal system. Once your personal information is stolen, the only option is to change what can be changed so that information cannot be used again.
There are many options for digital security and in my opinion, no one is better than another. It is better to have some kind of VPN and anti-virus software rather than none at all. Precautions need to be taken because the criminals that steal personal information do not take any days off.
Have you or anyone you known have their personal information stolen? If so, what kind of actions were taken to prevent that from happening again?
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