We may not have been able to go to school or work during the quarantine period, but that did not stop us from learning new things.
In fact, quarantine was the occasion for us to become acquainted with remote work, distance education, remote conferences - and even remote entertainment! According to ESET, the global cybersecurity company, these are the five most important lessons that quarantine has taught us.
1. The right tools make our lives easier
Η εμπειρία από τη ζωή στην καραντίνα έδειξε ότι τα σωστά εργαλεία είναι το κλειδί για την επιτυχία, είτε αυτή αφορά τις απλές επισκευές που κάναμε μόνοι μας στο σπίτι, την απομακρυσμένη εργασία ή το ψήσιμο του ψωμιού. Το ίδιο ισχύει και στην κυβερνοασφάλεια – ειδικά όταν πρόκειται για την ασφάλεια των παιδιών μας στο διαδίκτυο. Με την αύξηση του περιεχομένου που είναι διαθέσιμο στο διαδίκτυο, η παρακολούθηση των νέων κυβερνοαπειλών έχει γίνει δύσκολη και γίνεται ακόμα δυσκολότερη όταν πρέπει ταυτόχρονα να ελέγχουμε και το πώς χρησιμοποιούν τα παιδιά μας την τεχνολογία κατά τη διάρκεια της καραντίνας. Η εγκατάσταση ενός αξιόπιστου λογισμικού security at Appliances can go a long way in reducing this headache and make parents' lives easier.
2. The time we spend in front of the screen is not necessarily bad
The quarantine has brought out a number of old and new online resources that provide entertainment as well as education. Content from organizations such as the National Theater of Great Britain, the Royal Academy of London and the learningRosetta Stone language courses have opened up new horizons for children and adults. Screen time now includes a lot more than we used to. But, along with these new possibilities, the risk of phishing has also increased, a risk that we can mitigate as long as we always look for content on reliable websites and verifiable links.
3. Password managers are the future
It is quite easy to manage strong passwords for different accounts when they are stored on your computer. But moving to remote work meant for many of us also switching devices that certainly didn't have passwords stored on them. One program διαχείρισης κωδικών πρόσβασης (password manager), λοιπόν, μπορεί να λύσει αυτό το problem, precisely because it helps users keep complex and strong passwords available for use across devices.
4. Personal devices also need protection
Many of us started working from home all of a sudden and without the equipment we were used to. This means that we may have had to work from personal rather than professional devices, which often do not have strong protection. Many of us have worked a lot on personal mobile devices, so the need to protect these devices has become more urgent than ever. Therefore, the installation of security software such as ESET Mobile Security and the implementation of methods that ensure the hygiene and safety of devices in cyberspace (cyber hygiene), contribute significantly to the protection of our personal devices.
5. We are all together in this
… and not only because you can dance the dance that is so popular on TikTok. Much of what we've done in recent months, from spontaneously clapping for healthcare workers to shopping for our elderly neighbors, is rooted in camaraderie and teamwork. As long as we all play our part and contribute individually, then the results can be amazing and cyber security is no different. The little things we do help keep everyone safer and allow everyone to enjoy the internet more.
If we can remember these lessons as the restraint measures relax, then the internet life we return to may ultimately be even better than the one we left behind.
