Uploaded on May 31, 2018
Presentation on Internet safety
Why is Internet Safety Important?
Slide 1 Use Internet with Safety What is Internet safety? Internet safety or online safety is afflictive to be safe on the internet and is the attainments of maximizing the user's personal safety and security risks to personal information and property associated with using the internet, and the selfprotection from computer crime in general. Why is Internet Safety Important? Because often we hears or read that hackers breaking into systems, or fraudulent acts, like identity theft and piracy, in the cyberspace. If at all there is something to be wrong about, it is the rate at which these things are occurrence of late and that's why it's need to know why Internet safety is important. Hacking Illegal access is one of the important threats as far as Internet safety is concerned. Network security consists of the groceries made in an underlying computer network foundation to protect the network and the networkaccessible resources from unauthorized access. Hacking means people can get unauthorized access to your account, computer, or network. Once they have the access to your account, they have complete control over all your transactions, and can misuse your account for illegal or objectionable purposes. Email Frauds, Spamming and Phishing Phishing mention to the cases of online scams wherein people fraudulently acquire sensitive information by posing as a trustworthy entity via email or instant messaging. Often this information can include your important financial as well as personal contact details. The information can then be used for several illegal purposes, which, in turn, can put you in trouble. At times, this information is collected and sold to online advertisers as well. Online scams, which requests for your bank account numbers, pinvolve asswords, or any other sensitive information, are a menace over the Internet. Sexual Abuse and Pornography The Internet is not just flooded with illegal pornographic content, but is also full of sexual predators on a lookout for easy prey. Internet pornography is a main threat for the people who frequently keep on posting their photographs and videos over the Internet, since these can be misused and even posted on pornographic sites. Cyberterrorism A Threat to National Security Several government websites contain important information, which is either uploaded over the Internet or stored in their database. These websites are vulnerable to security threats since many people try to break into security systems to access undisclosed matters of national importance. Cyber terrorists can also bring down the infrastructure, which is more or less dependent on the Internet today, to spread panic in the world.. Secure Your Network Taking into account how defenseless we are to cybercrimes, having strong firewall protection for the network is a must today. In case you want to secure your network for your home PC, you need a basic firewall, antivirus software, antispyware software, and a robust password in case of wireless connections. Make Internet Childsafe It is safe to educate your children about the possible dangers of the Internet and supervise their online activities for a while, but your children might get a wrong impression if they realize that you are spying on their online activities. This is where cyber security software and hardware come to you rescue. It is possible to make Internet childsafe by using software which allows you block websites which are not ideal for children. Internet safety or Internet security is an important issue that necessery to be handle with for safeguarding the security and privacy over the World Wide Web. With Internet security threats, like hacking, spyware, phishing, and virus attacks, identity thefts, cyberbullying, child pornography, etc., becoming commonplace, it is high time you resort to smartsurfing and protect your computer and your data online. Thanks
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