Nowadays, the IT is becoming more advanced and convenience rapidly. We can share information, chatting, doing e-business, online payment through internet. At the other sides, the problem of cybercrime is becoming more serious as well, such as cases of hackers, internet fraud, malware and so forth. So we need to learn how to safeguard our private information well.
These are the few ways to safeguard our electronic information:
- Encryption method. This is the most common and easy ways to protect our database disallow unauthorized peoples to assess to it with a set of pass codes. Biometric system is one of the advanced methods of the encryption, it identify a authorized person by measure their biological characteristics, such as fingerprints, iris patterns or voice which are set before that. It provides a higher security to safeguard user’s data. Nowadays, people also use the biometric system to protect their physical assets, like cars, houses or offices.
- Computer soft/hardware. Good antivirus software is very important to our pc. It can help us to scan and delete any viruses (eg. Spy wares, Trojans, worms….) which are founded in our pc. Computer firewall can help to protect our network from a public network and won’t hack by hacker. BitDefender, Kaspersky and Norton are 3 of the best antivirus
The website below allows us to learn more about the antivirus and firewall.
http://www.firewallguide.com/anti-virus.htm
Although we have the technical ways of protections, we still need to follow the non-technical ways. We should not tell other peoples about our private passwords, private information to others and keep updating our computer’s window and antivirus always. We also need to backup our computers’ data regularly. As conclusion, if we follow those necessary steps to safeguard our personal and financial data. We can enjoy the internet services, such as e-banking and e-commerce.
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