6.Digital Security

Digital security involves the protecting computer's internet account and files from being stolen by an outside user. Internet users today are very familiar with companies like Symantec (Norton Anti-Virus) and McAfee that provide them with internet security products and resources to guard against computer viruses and to provide secure firewalls and protection against spyware. 

The T&C on programmes are sometimes helpful but at times it can be irritating to internet users. How so is that T&C may mislead people in terms of knowing that most people do not read these conditions. In most cases readers are mislead by these terms and conditions and are unable to understand the guidelines due to that type of jargon been used. Some people don't know that Terms and Conditions spell out the fees and interest charges you could incur as a cardholder. And in so doing this can be seen as a way of tricking users of the net.

Cyber-crime is any criminal or other offence that is facilitated by or involves the use of electronic communications or information systems, including any device or the Internet or any one or more of them  is any crime that involves a computer and a network. The computer may have been used in the commission of a crime, or it may be the target. 

Types of cyber crimes, what they are and how to prevent it:

Hacking: Hacking is a crime where one person breaks into someone else’s personal computer using a variety of software and access the information they have stored on it. The owner of the computer doesn’t know that their computer is being hacked and it can be done from another computer.

Theft / piracy: Piracy is when someone illegally downloads music, movies, TV series, games and software from the internet. This violates copyrights of the original creators / owners.

Cyber Stalking: Cyber stalking is a kind of online harassment where the stalker sends the victim a series of emails and online messages. The stalker usually know the person they are stalking. They make the victim’s life miserable with all the messages.

Identity Theft: With this kind of cyber crime the thief hacks the victim’s online banking account in order to get useful information like debit/credit card details to buy things online in their name or transfer the money from one account to another.

Malicious Software: These are Internet-based software or programs that are used to disrupt a network. The software is used to gain access to a system to steal sensitive information or data or causing damage to software present in the system.

Child soliciting and Abuse: This is also a type of cyber crime where criminals solicit minors via chat rooms for the purpose of gaining pictures for child pornography.
(Anon. N.d. Cross Domain Solutions. Accessed 17 May 2015. http://www.crossdomainsolutions.com/cyber-crime/)

Identity Theft: The fraudulent practice of using another person's name and personal information in order to obtain credit and loans. This can avoided by people setting pin codes that are not easy to crack.

Ways to prevent becoming a victim of cyber crime:

1. Anti-virus management
2. Intrusion detection
3. Firewall management
4. Identity management
5. Routing and encryption
6. Directory management
7. Asset management
8. Configuration management

(Anon. n.d. Cross Domain Solutions. Accessed 17 May 2015. http://www.crossdomainsolutions.com/cyber-security/)