To date, information on the Internet has become a powerful weapon against many users by fraudsters. And what is most interesting, today they not only extract data on some organizations or firms, but also on ordinary citizens. Sometimes this kind of fraud leads to significant losses financially. That is why protecting information in networks is not a luxury, but a necessity.
How to ensure complete safety and will these or those actions become effective? Of course, I want to note that the protection of information on the Internet is a rather vague concept, because no one can guarantee you that you will not be attacked by scammers.
When you connect to the Internet, then at that moment you expose yourself to a certain risk. But its use has become as normal as using a telephone and other items that are necessary in the everyday life of every modern person. And therefore, the degree of risk depends on many other factors, which can be called “information security in networks”.
To ensure the security of your own computer, it is worth considering the installation of a good anti-virus system. But this is a small part of the work, which can only protect your personal computer from trying to infect it with a virus. As for personal information, it is necessary to act differently here.
And you need to understand that for the complete security of all your data, you need to be vigilant and always careful. That is how you can prevent all kinds of attempts to penetrate your "personal territory".
In order to guarantee information security in networks, it is first of all necessary to take care of choosing a complex password. It is they who today remain the remedy that can be called the main one. And unfortunately for many users, it is worth noting that not all of them are quite responsible and serious about choosing their password. Often they enter their date of birth or initials. But you need to understand that this is the easiest way to penetrate your personal information, and therefore, use it against yourself. And then no other information protection in local networks can help you. Therefore, this issue should be taken more seriously.
Fortunately, numerous conscientious sites during registration accept the configuration of complex passwords, that is, where numbers and letters should be (uppercase and lowercase). This method reduces hacking attempts, which means that your information remains inaccessible to scammers.
The second type of fraud is social engineering. And, it seems, the name is quite harmless, but in fact it is characterized as "abuse of user confidence." And here already your protection of information in networks depends entirely on you.
Often, such scammers are presented by administrators or employees of the telephone company, imitating a particular problem, due to which you must provide them with some data or take certain actions yourself. For example, follow the link or enter any site. And if this happened, then be sure that this is nothing more than a fraud. With all the rules of work of administrators, you should personally get acquainted on the site where you are registered. Do not let yourself be fooled.
A practically similar way of cheating is through friends. This happens approximately in the following way: scammers penetrate one person’s information, and then they try to deceive them with the help of sending messages to friends of this user.
You can ensure the protection of information by installing special programs, since there are so many of them now. You can also set permissions for access to certain files.