What Is Digital Security?
Digital security is the set of tools and processes used to keep data, devices and identities safe from attacks. It involves monitoring network traffic, creating and enforcing data protection policies, protecting against malware and other threats and preparing for disaster recovery to reduce the impact of any incidents that may occur.
What Information Is Considered A Digital Security Risk?
There are a number of pieces of personal information that are considered a digital security risk, including usernames, passwords, social media logins and email addresses. This information can be used to commit a variety of crimes, from identity theft to hacking into banking and financial systems. The information can also be used to gain access to more sensitive data like health and medical records or business plans.
To protect personal data, software solutions can be installed to encrypt the data as it travels back and forth between databases. File and dataset encryption helps prevent hackers from accessing the data if they are able to successfully hack in. For particularly sensitive data, a solution known as “data erasure” can be implemented to completely wipe the data from a device so that it cannot be recovered.
For organisations that take security seriously, it is possible to prevent most attacks through advanced technical measures and careful monitoring of the threat landscape. Regular training sessions are a good way to keep teams up-to-date on the latest threats, and this can help to improve overall IT security in an organisation.