Every time you use high-tech devices such as computers, tablets or smartphones, you are potentially exposed to the threat of cybercrime. Unauthorized access is a big problem especially in today’s digital world whereby every adult and some children own one or more devices. When a cybercrime occurs, you may face bad consequences such as loss of data, identity theft or find yourself facing a legal suit after someone uses your information to break the law. Cybercrimes are not only causing damages to individuals but also companies and governments. Here are several reasons why you need to set up your tech under the assumption that you will be hacked.
1. Increased Online Vulnerabilities
Cyber security attacks have become very rampant for you to ignore the possibility of being attacked. Sadly, people and organizations are losing a lot through cyber security crimes. This loss involves the cost of data destruction, loss of productivity, lost money, identify theft, theft of intellectual properties, fraud, theft of financial data, forensic investigations and deleted systems among others. Also, numerous records have been found to be a subject of data breach. It is very difficult to recover from losses incurred from such a breach because it involves emotional sway when you find your data gets exposed to an unauthorized person.
Terrorists are also hacking into tech-devices and compromise people’s information and therefore endangering their life. Sometimes it’s not even about the number of these cybercrimes but also the severity of the attacks. They are becoming increasingly destructive not only physically but also emotionally. Product and system developers are excited about the growing market of tech devices and internet usage, but they may not know how much danger they are exposing users to. Maybe they know the dangers, and this raises the question of how safe are these devices or internet connectivity.
2. Unreliable Devices
Cybercrimes have been seen to affect big companies and even the government, and you wonder how such organizations ended up falling into this trap. People relied on the concept of the Internet of things (IoT) only to end up being vulnerable to hackers. There is a big possibility that the devices themselves are not secure enough and therefore are exposed to attack. When the devices are more vulnerable with no inbuilt security, it means that all these devices that are exposed to the internet provide opportunities for criminals to hack and carry out their criminal activities. Maybe it is time high-tech device developers came up with ways to protect users from cybercrimes from the inside of the devices they make. Any additional measure taken by the user such as having a password would enhance their security.
3. Passwords Are Inadequate
Passwords are essential when it comes to securing your device and the data therein. However, passwords are becoming increasingly inadequate because hackers are using high-tech knowledge to hack and access your devices even if a password has been set to secure you. However, you can make your password strong by following two crucial measures to avoid being vulnerable. The first measure is ensuring you do not use a simple password such your name, date of birth, the name of a family member or your nickname. Instead, you can mix letters, numbers and special characters. Secondly, you should not use one password for all your sites because this will ease the work of a hacker after hacking one of your sites such as Facebook or so.
About Sean Seshadri
Sean Seshadri is a renowned financial expert who started his investment endeavor through a medical career. He established his first medical practice right after he graduated from Weill Medical College at Cornell University. After succeeding in this investment venture, he began providing investment and financial advice to friends and family members before he started to blog such advice to his online followers. Sean Seshadri gradually dropped his medical career, and today he is a successful full-time public speaker, investor, and educator not only in companies but also in universities. His main focus on the forex market and future investments.
