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Whether you’re streaming a podcast on your commute, crunching numbers for work or managing your movie tickets and medical appointments in one place, the digital devices in your life can provide many conveniences. But they can also reveal private spaces, routines and conversations, putting you at risk for cyberattacks and surveillance. Digital security practices can help you protect your information, devices and online activity from hacking, phishing, surveillance and other threats.

Everyone benefits from practicing digital security, but these practices are especially important for vulnerable groups such as children, people with disabilities and people in unstable locations. For instance, some programs—such as Cryph and ChatSecure—use encryption to keep your messages private and reduce the threat of unauthorized access and data breaches on messaging platforms. Other tools, like Ford’s Cybersecurity Assessment tool and the Electronic Foundation’s Surveillance Self-Defense Toolkit, aim to empower individuals to protect themselves from surveillance, tracking or other threats.

Effective data security defends against today’s growing spectrum of threats while enabling secure and efficient data use. It incorporates strategies and technologies such as encryption, data masking and decoys to prevent data leakage and unauthorized access while reducing the risk of breach and regulatory penalties. Robust data security helps you comply with GDPR, CCPA and other data privacy regulations as well as long-standing frameworks such as HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley. In addition, a strong data security posture can build customer trust and strengthen cybersecurity efforts across the organization. Moreover, these practices can save time and money by reducing the cost of support and development, lowering operational risks and mitigating the impact of a data breach or other cybersecurity incident.