Cybersecurity In An Ever-Expanding Cyber-Tech Age
PCQuest|February 2017

You are at risk and no one can safeguard you except yourself; think a million times before making any move

Ashok Pandey
Cybersecurity In An Ever-Expanding Cyber-Tech Age

From students to professionals, from homemakers to public icons, everyone is their target. They never care to consider who you are. They only care about whether your data will help them to earn a billion or whether it would sell for some pennies. They believe in “Many drops make the ocean”. It’s all about stealing the contents stored on your phone, tablet or laptop and then sell them. Do you think you don’t have any valuable info? Think again, because you have a significant information about yourself and your friends and family – contact numbers, photos, location and more.

If you are still in doubt about your viability as a target, take a closer look at the facts...

Check Point security report 2014

42% of all companies experienced a mobile data breach in 2014

82% of security professionals expect mobile security incidents to increase

Mobile technology has made the network security challenge much bigger and more diverse. Use of mobile devices and apps has introduced a wide range of new attack vectors and new data security challenges for IT.

Insecure devices are the norm

Employees are using a wide variety of personal devices, but only a few users realize the importance of preventing third parties from accessing their devices.

90% of employees have disabled locks on their laptops

75% of employees have disabled locks on their smartphones

Symantec Internet Security Threat Report

A New Zero-Day Vulnerability Discovered that each week attackers profit from attacks from flaws in browsers and website plugins

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